endangers

verb

present tense third-person singular of endanger
as in threatens
to place in danger a reckless use of fireworks that endangered the lives of many people

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Recent Examples of endangers This spews pollution into the air and endangers workers and surrounding neighborhoods. — Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Our leaders should retire a relic that endangers people and animals alike, and retire, once and for all, the small and nasty politics used to defend it. — Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026 However, the work, done with Tanzanian government partners, helps track threatened species and monitor human activity that endangers the region’s wildlife, making the few cameras lost in the process all the more worth it. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026 In response to that case, a biotech CEO recently warned in these pages that letting courts and politicians second-guess the FDA’s scientific judgment endangers the whole drug pipeline. — Julie F. Kay, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026 Similarly, a citizen who violates technology export or import regulations could be banned from leaving if the action endangers industrial or technological security, the regulation says. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Osborn said the practice endangers both officers and other inmates. — Paul Egan, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Refusing to do so, Luis stirs a rivalry and potentially endangers his own employment. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026 But when Cary makes a choice that endangers them both, the couple are forever changed by the outcome. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endangers
  1. threatens
  2. risks
  3. imperils
  4. jeopardizes
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  • At least 19 people have been killed, school classes have been canceled, and the disruption threatens the kingdom's ambitious plans to transform itself into a global hub for business, tourism and sports.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • At the same time, the debt burden is being increasingly exposed to market volatility that threatens to make interest costs even steeper.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of threatens
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  • If the person holding key intellectual property or leading the company risks losing status, immigration planning ceases to be a personal ordeal.
    — Bernardo Saraiva, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • But even if the Election Commission is not systematically targeting voters based on their identity or their political preferences, the exercise still risks disenfranchising millions through sheer ineptitude.
    — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of risks
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  • That detour plays into the hand of Mayor Humdinger who hatches a dirty rotten plan to mine the isle of its gem resources, a development that imperils all.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Winners and losers in the shifting tax landscape Critics say the trend toward lower income taxes favors wealthy individuals and corporations and imperils public investments in infrastructure, housing, education and childcare.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of imperils
Verb
  • Without proper data access, such predictions are likely to fail, which in turn jeopardizes the entire process flow.
    — Ozan Ozerk, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Targeting Chinese banks or other institutions could invite retaliation that jeopardizes the two superpowers’ testy trade detente, which began last year after a volatile tariff war.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of jeopardizes

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“Endangers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endangers. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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