Endanger Meaning
/ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
verbTo incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.
Sentence Examples
Firefighters always endanger their lives.
You shouldn't endanger your children just because some fruit loop claims vaccines cause autism.
I would never do anything that could endanger Tom.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Hunting these rare birds could ____ their already dwindling population in the wild.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Hunting rare animals can ____ the survival of the entire species.
Word Origin & History
From en- + danger. Displaced native Old English frēcnian.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I hold him but a fool that will endanger / His body [in a duel] for a girl that loves him not"
— c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
"All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him."
— 1757, Edmund Burke, The Abridgement of the History of England:
"As he passed though the station, he slowed to yell to the signalman, Frank 'Sailor' Bridges: "Sailor - have you anything between here and Fordham? Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due, and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon."
— 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Hunting these rare birds could ____ their already dwindling population in the wild.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Hunting rare animals can ____ the survival of the entire species.