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Meanings of imperil in English

Portuguese
arriscar
Catalan
amenaçar
Spanish
amenazar

Pose a threat to; present a danger to.

      arriscar
      Usage of imperil in English
      1
      One or two more defections would imperil Republican control of the Senate.
      Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
      2
      In so doing, these groups imperil the lives and security of millions.
      The economist
      3
      You may imperil your own soul by condoning this sin of heresy.
      The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
      4
      You are going to imperil the entire mission for your own lust!
      Bones of the Dragon
      5
      He was willing to risk present loss, rather than imperil future peace.
      The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
      6
      Now he did not wish to imperil his companions, already sorely tried.
      It Can Be Done: Poems of Inspiration
      7
      If she wished to foolishly imperil her health why need Esther care?
      Up the Hill and Over
      8
      But he said too quick a shift could imperil the industry's business model.
      Reuters
      9
      Officials concluded that letting the insurer fail would imperil the world financial system.
      Reuters
      10
      And perchance my presence in the house of my kinswomen might imperil them.
      The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
      11
      At the same time they did not imperil the security of the country.
      Dutch Life in Town and Country
      12
      This could cripple the president's energy agenda and imperil Mexico's creditworthiness.
      Reuters
      13
      That is my goal. He warned that further delay could imperil the process.
      The Guardian
      14
      Yuri and Chrysler would never imperil their secret association this way.
      Grand junction
      15
      Mrs. Norton, the poetess, to imperil all the future peace of British households.
      Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays
      16
      The time never comes when a reconstruction does not imperil some great interest.
      The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible
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      Imperil through the time
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