as in to endanger
to place in danger
a single mistake could imperil the lives of everyone involved in the military operation
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Recent Examples of imperil
International students targeted Not long after Trump attacked Harvard online, Kristi Noem, his Homeland Security secretary, wrote a letter to the university threatening to imperil its ability to enroll foreign students.
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Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
Actually embarking down this road will only make things worse, imperiling not just the U.S. but the global economy.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
Russell’s fan-favorite love affair with Detective Bobby Simone (played by Jimmy Smits) was imperiled by Russell’s struggles with alcoholism.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump on May 1 signed an executive order to pull federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, imperiling America’s largest public broadcasters and hundreds of associated local and regional radio and television channels.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 3 May 2025
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Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
Actually embarking down this road will only make things worse, imperiling not just the U.S. but the global economy.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
Russell’s fan-favorite love affair with Detective Bobby Simone (played by Jimmy Smits) was imperiled by Russell’s struggles with alcoholism.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump on May 1 signed an executive order to pull federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, imperiling America’s largest public broadcasters and hundreds of associated local and regional radio and television channels.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 3 May 2025
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The Metropolitan Police said the suspect was detained on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life a day after an early-morning fire on Monday damaged the door of the house where Starmer and his family lived before he was elected to lead the country, according to the Associated Press.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2025
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The only two surviving buildings from Terminal Island’s days as a thriving Japanese American fishing village in the early 1900s have been placed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2025 list of America’s 11 most endangered historic places.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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Diddy's former assistant George Kaplan says rapper threatened his job 'monthly' Kaplan, who worked as Combs' executive assistant from 2014-2015, testified on May 21 that the rapper threatened his job on an almost monthly basis.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Netanyahu put all of his chips on Trump nonetheless—a wager that now threatens to cost the Israeli prime minister the remnants of his legacy.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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“Imperil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperil. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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