Jeopardize
['dʒepədaɪz] or ['dʒɛpɚdaɪz]
Definition
(v. t.) To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Modern.] Hazard, endanger, JEOPARD.
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Examples
- Often he jeopardized his life, and once nearly lost it, by breathing carburetted hydrogen. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I cursed myself for a fool to have thus jeopardized our chances for escape; but there was nothing for it now but to see the adventure through. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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