Peril

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Imminent danger.
  • n. Exposure to the risk of harm or loss.
  • n. Something that endangers or involves risk.
  • v. To expose to danger or the chance of injury; imperil.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A situation of serious and immediate danger.
  • n. Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
  • v. To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk.
  • verb-intransitive. To be in danger.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
  • n. In law, a source of danger: a possible casualty contemplated as the cause of loss or injury.
  • n. =Syn 1. jeopardy, etc. See danger and risk.
  • To hazard; risk; put in peril or danger.
  • To be in danger.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. pose a threat to; present a danger to
  • n. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
  • n. a state of danger involving risk
  • v. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
  • n. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
    • Equivalent
    on one's peril   
    Verb Form
    perilled    perilling    perils   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    exist    be   
    Cross Reference
    perils of the sea   
    Form
    periled    perilled    periling    perilling    yellow peril   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    risk    danger    jeopardy    hazard    endanger   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beryl    Carol    Carole    Carroll    Cheryl   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    danger    hardship    calamity    disaster    misery   
     
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