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imperilling

imperilling is the present participle and gerund of imperil.

imperilling is the alternative form of imperiling.

Meaning of imperil

Verb

imperil (third-person singular simple present imperils, present participle (US) imperiling or (UK) imperilling, simple past and past participle (US) imperiled or (UK) imperilled)

  1. (transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger.
    • […]they occupied the country, expelled the inhabitants, and terminated for ever the rivalry which had so long imperilled their own naval supremacy in Greece.1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 10, page 169
    Synonyms:
    endanger
  2. (transitive) To risk or hazard.

Meaning of imperiling

Noun

imperiling (plural imperilings)

  1. The act of placing something in peril; endangerment.

Forms of imperilling

pluralimperillings

Questions about imperilling

What is imperilling the present participle and gerund of?
Imperilling is the present participle and gerund of imperil.

Words near imperilling in the dictionary

  1. imperiling
  2. imperilings
  3. imperilled
  4. imperiller
  5. imperillers
  6. imperilling
  7. imperillings
  8. imperilment
  9. imperilments
  10. imperils
  11. imperiogenesis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: imperilling (page history and authors); imperil (page history and authors); imperiling (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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