endanger
Syllables: en·dan·ger/ɛnˈdeɪndʒə/US/ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/
endanger verb: to put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
Verb
endanger (third-person singular simple present endangers, present participle endangering, simple past and past participle endangered)
- To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
- I hold him but a fool that will endanger / His body [in a duel] for a girl that loves him notc. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him.1757, Edmund Burke, The Abridgement of the History of England
- To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.
- He that turneth the humours back […] endangereth malign ulcers.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
endanger meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
endanger in Tamil
- இடருண்டாக்கு
endanger in Urdu
- خطرے میں ڈالنا
endanger in Bengali
- বিপদে ফেলা
endanger in Malayalam
- അപകടത്തിലാക്കുക, ദോഷം വരുത്തുക, നഷ്ടത്തിനു ഹേതുവാക്കുക
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- endanger in Kannada
- ಅಪಾಯ ತರು, ವಿಪತ್ತಿಗೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಸು, ಅಪಾಯವನ್ನುಂಟುಮಾಡು, ಕುತ್ತಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಸು
Examples of endanger in a sentence
- The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life.
- Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
- The heavy rains threatened to surpass the capabilities of the levee, endangering the town on the other side.
Synonyms of endanger
Forms of endanger
| third-person singular present | endangers |
|---|---|
| present participle | endangering |
| past participle | endangered |
| past | endangered |
| alternative form | endaunger |
| alternative form | indanger |
Origin of endanger
From en- + danger. Displaced native Old English frēcnian.
Words formed from endanger
Questions about endanger
- What does endanger mean?
- Endanger means to put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
- What is endanger in Tamil?
- Endanger in Tamil is இடருண்டாக்கு. See Endanger meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is endanger?
- Endanger is a verb.
- How do you pronounce endanger?
- Endanger is pronounced /ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ (US).
- What is the past tense of endanger?
- The past tense of endanger is endangered.
Words near endanger in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: endanger (page history and authors); endanger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endanger (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endanger (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endanger (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endanger (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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