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. Salman Rushdie:

   The real risks for any artist are taken in pushing the work to the limits of what is possible, in the attempt to increase the sum of what it is possible to think. Books become good when they go to this edge and risk falling over it --when they endanger the artist by reason of what he has, or has not, artistically dared.

2. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal:

   If Secretary Clinton goes along with President Obama's efforts to appease Iran, it will make our enemies stronger, endanger our ally Israel and trigger a nuclear arms race in the Middle East that will destabilize the region.

3. Austrian Vice-Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner:

   If necessary we must set such an example to show that a border is really a border. Naturally we should be careful to use means that do not endanger lives.

4. Matteo Salvini:

   You did a show of strength by contravening the indications of the Italian and Libyan coastguard. Now, you'll carry this human load to the Netherlands, i want to save lives but I'm paid by Italians to defend the safety of Italian citizens. I don't accept there are organizations of pseudo-volunteers that endanger the lives of those who flee Africa and then think to disembark them all in Italy.

5. Chris Christie:

   This President and his former secretary of state are for paying ransom for hostages, when you do that, you endanger even more Americans around the world to be the subject of this type of hostage taking and illegal detention.