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en·dan·ger
 endanger
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- pronunciation:
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verb |
| inflections: |
endangers, endangering, endangered |
| definition: |
If someone endangers you, they cause you to be in danger. If you are in a car with someone who is driving much too fast, they are endangering you. If people start a big fire in the woods, it endangers the animals that live there.
The lightning storm endangered the hikers.
- similar words:
- expose, risk, threaten
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| derivation: |
endangerment (n.) |
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