endanger

verb

en·dan·ger | \ in-ˈdān-jər

, en-\

endangered; endangering\ in-ˈdānj-riŋ

, -ˈdān-jə- , en- \

Definition of endanger

transitive verb

: to bring into danger or peril recklessly endangering innocent lives

intransitive verb

: to create a dangerous situation driving to endanger

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Examples of endanger in a Sentence

Parents feared that the dog could endanger their children. The severe drought has endangered crops throughout the area.

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Critics have said that the Remain in Mexico policy endangers migrants who fled violence in their home countries, because Mexican border cities are also often unsafe. — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, "A Sharp Drop in Migrant Arrivals on the Border: What’s Happening?," 10 July 2019 Lemonis then added local politicians told him the flag could endanger someone because of its size and its proximity to Interstate 77. — Fox News, "Camping World CEO: 'I'd rather go to jail' than yield to city in American flag controversy," 2 July 2019 The department says the little brown bat is endangered in the state, and long-term volunteer monitoring is critical to its management and recovery. — USA TODAY, "Whiskey webs, alien abductions, goldfish invasion: News from around our 50 states," 25 June 2019 In the wake of the Malaysia Airlines shootdown, the United Nations’ air safety agency set up a database to help alert airlines about conflict zones that could endanger commercial flights. — Robert Wall, WSJ, "Airlines Avoid Persian Gulf After Downed Drone," 21 June 2019 On Bioko Island, off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, for example, hunting for bushmeat has decimated populations of the island’s seven endemic monkey species, which are all endangered. — Jani Actman, National Geographic, "What is bushmeat?," 19 June 2019 Alabama has some of the highest rates in the nation of chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes and obesity that endanger pregnant women. — Anna Claire Vollers | Avollers@al.com, al.com, "Deaths from pregnancy and child birth are often preventable; Alabama finally starts to take notice," 9 June 2019 Research in 2007 had revealed that the poison, a rodenticide called brodifacoum, might endanger two endemic birds, the Lord Howe Island woodhen and the Lord Howe Island currawong. — John Pickrell, Science | AAAS, "Mass rodent poisoning on this remote Australian island could bring back giant stick insect," 5 June 2019 The inspector general’s office found dirty storage areas and supply shortages that were endangering patients. — Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica, "Trump’s VA Firing Spree Falters in Court," 15 May 2019

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