COMPROMISED Synonyms: 124 Similar and Opposite Words

compromised

verb

Definition of compromised

past tense of compromise

as in endangered

to place in danger officials at the state department were concerned that his statements would compromise national security

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as in damaged

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of the deletion of several critical points for space considerations really compromised the essay

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Recent Examples of compromised The bureau is operating as if every FBI employee’s personal information was compromised, the sources said. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Take action to protect your accounts and data if any are compromised in a breach. — Alex Colon, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 Previous models have felt a little visually compromised; this one doesn’t. — Dominic Preston, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026 Why, Shawn had already compromised himself by asking the medicine-shop man about the stranger. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 The international community’s ability to manage safe travel and secure banking, communications and quality standards for food, water, and medicine could all be compromised, too. — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 And that could be a challenge if Donald is compromised with the back issue that forced him to miss Wednesday’s and Thursday’s practices. — Nate Atkins, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 In any case, the form of the concrete sections is severely compromised. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 Companies should detect prompt injection, malicious or compromised tools, behavioral anomalies, data exfiltration and other threats. — Shashwat Sehgal, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for compromised

Verb

Sources said a polygon had been established there to ensure no Israeli strikes or ground operations endangered the hostages.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Sumatran tigers, native to Indonesia, are classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as critically endangered.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of endangered

Verb

Attacks on Abha and Riyadh's King Khalid international airports in Saudia Arabia threatened to pull the kingdom deeper into the latest front in the Iran war.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Mecklenburg County commissioners blasted Discovery Place over its handling of county money for its nature museum Tuesday and threatened to take control of the museum’s operations and hold Discovery Place in default for millions.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of threatened

Verb

The tight finish came after a first half with see-saw action — mainly by Stewart — but was marred by whistles and questionable foul calls.

— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
The second-year forward is trying to take advantage of his first true NBA preseason after knee injuries marred his rookie season.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of marred

Verb

As Ruben and Gus form an unlikely friendship, the bond is jeopardized when both men’s pasts threaten to catch up with them.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
When regulations begin to overlap, permitting and building are jeopardized through financial and practical burdens.

— Bennett Lawson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of jeopardized

Verb

Five Palestinians have been killed and more than 100 injured this week in such attacks, according to Palestinian officials.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
The status of starting edge rusher Marquise Lightfoot, who was injured against Clemson, remains up in the air.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of injured

Verb

With roads around the hospital unsafe, transferring patients to other facilities was not an option in the first hours of the attack, while sending ambulances into the field risked exposing them to Hamas ambushes.

— Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Of course, there are also age-old hustles so evidently dishonest that there was a time when their exponents risked being hung or shot.

— Kit Chellel, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of risked

Verb

Isaias has weakened dramatically since making landfall last night as a Category 2 hurricane.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Wide swaths of the Southwest were deluged Sunday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel weakened and moved inland, but coastal communities already battered by high surf emerged with less damage than some officials feared.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of weakened

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