PERILED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

periled

verb

variants also perilled

past tense of peril

as in endangered

to place in danger a tribute to the men and women who, as firefighters, peril their lives daily

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African elephants are critically endangered due to issues like poaching and the ivory trade.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a missing, endangered 13-year-old girl, who hasn't been seen in nearly a week.

— Briauna Brown, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

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But that consensus began to fray several years ago and has recently threatened to unravel altogether as Democrats have shifted drastically and rapidly from unequivocal support for Israel, reflecting a sea change in Americans’ views.

— New York Times, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Jain said a call-center representative at a Utah customer threatened to quit if the owner and his wife took Broccoli away.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

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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
Without such remedies, the turbines risked drastically spiking pollution in already vulnerable neighborhoods housing predominantly Black communities nearby, the NAACP argued.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026

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