peril
IPA: pˈɛrʌɫ
noun
- A situation of serious and immediate danger.
- Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
- (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
verb
- (transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk.
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Examples of "peril" in Sentences
- The environmentalists see peril.
- The editor is apparently in peril.
- The word is also cognate to peril.
- It's perilously close to vandalism.
- He is perilously close to the edge.
- The Palestinian situation is more perilous.
- It seems perilously close to a list of weblinks.
- It was drawing perilously near to inauguration day.
- The journey is perilous and filled with dangerous encounters.
- It is these administrators who understand the peril of the crowd.
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