endanger
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Definition
- Verb:
- To put someone or something in a situation where they are likely to be harmed, damaged, or destroyed.
- To cause a risk or threat to the existence, safety, or success of someone or something.
Usage and Examples
- Basic Usage: The verb "endanger" is used with a direct object (a person, animal, place, or thing) that is being put at risk.
- Logging operations in the region endanger the habitat of rare species.
- Reckless driving endangers the lives of everyone on the road.
- The scandal could endanger his political career.
Advanced Usage
- "to endanger oneself": To take actions that put oneself at risk.
- By refusing the security detail, the reporter endangered herself.
- Used in formal, legal, or scientific contexts to describe serious threats.
- The species is listed as endangered because its population is critically low. (Note: Here, "endangered" is an adjective, a related form).
Variants and Related Words
- Endangered (adjective): Facing a high risk of extinction or harm.
- The endangered panda is a symbol of conservation efforts.
- Endangerment (noun): The action of putting someone or something at risk.
- He was charged with child endangerment.
Synonyms
- Jeopardize: To put something in a situation of danger or risk.
- The bad weather could jeopardize the rescue mission.
- Imperil: To place in peril or danger (more formal).
- The economic crisis imperiled the stability of the government.
- Threaten: To be likely to cause harm or damage to.
- Rising sea levels threaten coastal cities.
Antonyms
- Protect: To keep safe from harm or injury.
- Safeguard: To protect from harm or damage.
- Secure: To make safe or protect.
Related Phrases and Concepts
- Endangered species: A species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.
- To put in danger/at risk: A common phrase with a similar meaning to "endanger".
- The leak put the town's water supply at risk.
Verb
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- pose a threat to; present a danger to
- The pollution is endangering the crops