Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Imminent danger.
- noun Exposure to the risk of harm or loss.
- noun Something that endangers or involves risk.
- transitive verb To expose to danger or the chance of injury; imperil.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To hazard; risk; put in peril or danger.
- To be in danger.
- noun Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
- noun In law, a source of danger: a possible casualty contemplated as the cause of loss or injury.
- noun =Syn 1. jeopardy, etc. See
danger and risk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
- noun with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of.
- transitive verb To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk.
- intransitive verb obsolete To be in danger.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A situation of
serious andimmediate danger . - noun Something that
causes ,contains , orpresents danger.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb pose a threat to; present a danger to
- noun a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
- noun a state of danger involving risk
- verb put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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American dream, in peril, is successfully pursued through state programs
Science 2005
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When the peril is the criminal act of a third person, the argument continues, the duty of a landowner ... does not include the business visitor on residential premises among the special relationships imposing a duty to exercise care to protect against harm from others ....
The Volokh Conspiracy » Stalking Victims’ Duty to Warn Employees, Lovers, Visitors, and Others? 2010
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But, defendant asserts, that duty exists only if the peril is a condition of the property.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Stalking Victims’ Duty to Warn Employees, Lovers, Visitors, and Others? 2010
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The reality of this peril is apparent in the failure of the United States and Russia, until now, to ratify either the START 2 agreement or the Chemical
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Today this peril is avoided with relative ease by removing the tumor.
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Today this peril is avoided with relative ease by removing the tumor.
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Today this peril is avoided with relative ease by removing the tumor.
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And there is 10 surrounded by Daleks, the Earth in peril, Davros back ... and what's he thinking about?
Your Freudian Slip Is Showing...BBC America's Doctor Who Site rabid1st 2009
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And there is 10 surrounded by Daleks, the Earth in peril, Davros back ... and what's he thinking about?
Your Freudian Slip Is Showing...BBC America's Doctor Who Site rabid1st 2009
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His schedule could not be a campaign swing designed to rescue loyal friends in peril, or to create a story line about his expanding political field.
Obama's calculated visits to battleground turf Anne E. Kornblut 2010
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