Synonyms for endanger
ɛnˈdeɪn dʒəren·dan·ger

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1. endanger

   Synonyms:
   imperil, expose, per il, jeopardize, hazard, risk

   Antonyms:
   cover, defend, protect, shield, screen

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1. endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, perilverb

   pose a threat to; present a danger to

   "The pollution is endangering the crops"

   Synonyms:
   imperil, stake, threaten, venture, peril, jeopardise, menace, hazard, jeopardize, scupper, expose, adventure

2. queer, expose, scupper, endanger, perilverb

   put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

   Synonyms:
   scotch, bushwhack, let on, frustrate, bring out, unwrap, exhibit, disclose, foil, lurk, jeopardise, expose, waylay, peril, reveal, debunk, thwart, imperil, threaten, give away, break, baffle, divulge, spoil, lie in wait, ambush, menace, jeopardize, scupper, cross, uncover, ambuscade, bilk, display, discover, let out

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1. endangerverb

   Synonyms:
   hazard, risk, peril, jeopardize, commit, compromit, expose to danger, put at hazard, put in peril, put in jeopardy

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1. endangerverb

   Synonyms:
   imperil

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1. List of paraphrases for "endanger":

   jeopardize, jeopardise, threaten, imperil, undermine, compromise

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1. Guy Reffitt:

   I feel disappointed in him for making that decision even at all to go up there and risk his life and endanger others and put his family in this situation, it might be my fault for talking to authorities but I don't want to think that. He's an adult and he made his own decisions.

2. Manny Alvarez:

   I think it is quite clear that on the medical level… that this could endanger the newborn as well as the mother, if you look statistically, for example, at home births versus births that are done under clinical supervision, there’s a difference in outcomes, and if you’re not ready for an acute emergency during delivery [that] is when a baby can get damaged or a mother could get hurt.

3. Chief Financial Officer Christophe Cros:

   We did not achieve that target in the first quarter, but that does not endanger full-year guidance.

4. Dick Durbin:

   I would not want it weighing on my conscience that we are turning over these pre-sentence reports to this committee for the first time in history and that information out of this … would somehow compromise or endanger any victim as a result.

5. Dmitri Trenin:

   Russia is worried that Korea could become potentially a battleground for a new conflict ... potentially with nuclear overtones, it is also worried that the North Korean nuclear and missile programs could lead to accidents that could endanger Russian security.