imperiling 1 of 2

variants or imperilling
present participle of imperil

imperiling

2 of 2

adjective

variants or imperilling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperiling
Verb
  • Officers are rarely — if ever — punished for hitting or endangering bystanders.
    Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Still others chase a motorbike onto the sidewalk, endangering nearby pedestrians.
    Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Fire crews sometimes allow lightning-strike fires to burn, and made the decision to do that on the Dragon Bravo Fire, intended to reduce hazardous fuels and vegetation along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
  • Map of damage: See how the Texas floods unfolded and why Camp Mystic was in a hazardous location The death toll has risen to 129 on Saturday, including more than three dozen children.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Richard curses again, threatening Blum.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The Palisades fire has garnered headlines, but the Hurst and Eaton fires have also been threatening very populated areas.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Making Their Lives Too Easy Wealth without work creates a dangerous illusion.
    Anatoly Iofe, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • Don’t forget the sunscreen Looking toward the rest of that sun protection, a broad-spectrum, water-resistant sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30 will often be sufficient to protect your skin from dangerous UV radiation.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Baltimore area is under a flood watch, as thunderstorms and damaging winds are possible Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2025
  • Stay away from windows as flying debris generated by damaging winds can be deadly.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • Brown, like Espada, is often put in perilous predicaments while trying to discuss any of these developments.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • To a Washington bean counter, his loss might have looked like one tiny but welcome subtraction in a giant spreadsheet, but not in a region so prone to these perilous events that it’s known as Flash Flood Alley.
    Zeynep Tufekci, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • These dams have detrimental ecological impacts in an area that is already experiencing a high amount of litter.
    Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2025
  • Major Mistakes Around Culture And Values In M&A Deals • Ignoring or underestimating inaccurate rumors and gossip—these are highly detrimental to overall organizational and individual morale.
    Ashutosh Labroo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • The chairman of the Texas Democratic Party had blunt words for his counterparts in Washington and elsewhere who might be urging Democrats in the Legislature to take politically risky action.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 18 July 2025
  • The key to any retirement investment strategy is to diversify and not place too much in any one asset class, and to rebalance to less risky assets as one nears and enters retirement.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
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“Imperiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperiling. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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