compromised

Definition of compromisednext
past tense of compromise
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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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Recent Examples of compromised However, Israel’s Central Elections Committee said the integrity of the election had not been compromised, according to Reuters on November 5. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026 Another wave of cyberattacks against European supermarkets this week compromised refrigeration systems for the second time in a month, rekindling fears over the security of critical infrastructure. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026 The election commission found no evidence that irregularities compromised the vote. — Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 Kim recently demanded an apology from Calvert for an ad in which his campaign claims she was compromised by the Chinese Communist Party. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026 Ukrainian officials scrambled to make sense of the warnings, quickly flagging that the system had probably been compromised. — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026 The researchers first compromised the language model used by the robot’s task planner. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026 The attacks compromised thousands of servers, some belonging to large companies and government agencies around the world. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026 Mechanical overpressure relief valves, centrifugal governors and break-away clutches all behave deterministically, even when software systems have been compromised. — Andrew Ginter, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compromised
Verb
  • Barn owls are not endangered but are extremely rare in New York City.
    — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • While not federally listed as endangered, conservationists believe there are fewer than 250 left in Texas.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Handsink nearest kitchen entrance from seating area damaged and peeling off of wall.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Much of Jewish Iraqi American conceptual artist Michael Rakowitz’s work focuses on re-creating or giving new life to religious materials that were stolen, damaged or destroyed amid war and persecution.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The wider campaign has disrupted electricity and water supplies and threatened essential medical services.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg threatened to leave if the measure passed.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Similar allegations have marred prominent high school football programs in Southern California in recent years.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The unveiling event itself was marred when Musk tried to prove that its windows were shatterproof by having metal balls thrown at them - only to leave massive cracks in two of them.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • But the Christmas Companions program is soon jeopardized as the contractor for the center’s community room suddenly pulls out.
    — Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The judge also ordered officials to refrain from removing any more objects from the museum’s exhibits, alleging that the rights of Colombians to free expression and historical memory could be jeopardized.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Denman was injured in the first quarter of last week’s win over Kansas.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026
  • It was not immediately known whether anyone else was injured.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Arizona’s Taiwanese immigrants have risked a lot in coming to America, staking their futures on a new project in an unknown place at a time of extreme nativist backlash.
    — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The company had previously said a penalty in the billions of dollars risked violating its constitutional rights to due process and protection from excessive fines.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act, Alabama Republicans redrew Shomari Figures’ district, cutting its Black voting-age population from 48% to 40%.
    — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Eisenkot's allies could also try to reverse legislation advanced by Netanyahu's government that critics say weakened Israel's democratic institutions and judicial independence.
    — Itay Stern, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Compromised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compromised. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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