imperilformal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Taking risks
adventurer
all in
be skating on thin iceidiom
bet the farm/ranchidiom
broke
compromise
expose
gamble
have/put your head on the blockidiom
hazard
high wire
high-stakes
imperil
put your neck on the lineidiom
re-expose
risk
run the risk of doing somethingidiom
sail
sail close to the windidiom
skate

jeopardize | American Dictionary

jeopardize
verb[ T ]
us/ˈdʒep·ərˌdɑɪz/
to cause something to be harmed or damaged, or to put something in danger:
She knew that failing her exams could jeopardize her whole future.

jeopardize | Business English

jeopardize
verb[ T ]
(UK alsojeopardise)uk /ˈdʒepədaɪz/us
to put something such as a plan or system in danger of being harmed or destroyed:
The rate increase may jeopardize economic recovery.

Examples of jeopardize

jeopardize
Firstly, no control agency can allow itself to jeopardize the relationship of trust it enjoys with its political principals.
This, however, is partly jeopardized by many exceptions and partly by the mutation of letters (suppletion) in the stem.
In the latter case, only one lobe would be affected, while in the case of atresia of a solitary vein, the entire lung is jeopardized.
Common names and incomplete dates of birth jeopardized the identification process.
For instance, the fiscal deficit could jeopardize the level of governmental subsidies that have decisive importance for the development of the sector.
Indeed, they jeopardized the realization of any measure of hard labour at all.
But modern history proves that reforms too long delayed or denied have jeopardized peace, undermined democracy and swept away civil and religious liberties.
And no doubt his illness jeopardized his psychological ability to cope with a stressful environment.
The inference was that infection could jeopardize host survival in the intertidal zone.
Broad-based screening for cystic fibrosis and for other prevalent genetic diseases is thus jeopardized, because only educated and financially well-off individuals are utilizing it.
Future research needs to avoid the methodological and theoretical difficulties that have frequently jeopardized investigative studies.
In both cases, their personal freedom could be jeopardized.
I can only hope they will not jeopardize my life.
Such gossip, if leaked, will certainly jeopardize the social status of the family with knock-on effects on all marriageable youths in their kin group.
The purity of ground and river water was jeopardized by an increased production of urban waste.
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