ENDANGER
Dictionary entry overview: What does endanger mean?
• ENDANGER (verb)
The verb ENDANGER has 2 senses:
1. pose a threat to; present a danger to
2. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Familiarity information: ENDANGER used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ENDANGER (verb)
Meaning:
Pose a threat to; present a danger to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
peril; menace; jeopardize; jeopardise; imperil; endanger; threaten
Context example:
The pollution is endangering the crops
Hypernyms (to "endanger" is one way to...):
be; exist (have an existence, be extant)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They endanger the animals
Meaning:
Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
endanger; peril; queer; scupper; expose
Hypernyms (to "endanger" is one way to...):
affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "endanger"):
compromise (expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
