ENDANGER

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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