imperil
verb
im·per·il
im-ˈper-əl 
-ˈpe-rəl
imperiled or imperilled; imperiling or imperilling
: to bring into peril : endanger
Examples of imperil in a Sentence
The toxic fumes imperiled the lives of the trapped miners.
The financial health of the company was imperiled by a string of bad investments.
a list of imperiled species
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If there were an accident, that pressure means radioactive material could be dispersed over a significant distance, enough to imperil much of a port and any ships in the area.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
The country’s diminishing workforce further imperils its longer-term economic prospects and, by extension, its power.
—Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
And that imperils small business owners who rely on local custom, face-to-face relationships to ensure predictable trade and, above all, customer loyalty in the age of the big-box store.
—Antoinette Burton, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
Society, in fact, needed to continue slavery for the interests of both Black and White since unshackling enslaved people would spark the race’s reversion to barbarism, imperiling White society.
—Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
The country’s diminishing workforce further imperils its longer-term economic prospects and, by extension, its power.
—Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
And that imperils small business owners who rely on local custom, face-to-face relationships to ensure predictable trade and, above all, customer loyalty in the age of the big-box store.
—Antoinette Burton, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
Society, in fact, needed to continue slavery for the interests of both Black and White since unshackling enslaved people would spark the race’s reversion to barbarism, imperiling White society.
—Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for imperil
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“Imperil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imperil. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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imperil
verb
im·per·il
im-ˈper-əl
imperiled or imperilled; imperiling or imperilling
: to place in great danger : endanger
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