imperil

/ɪmˈperəl/ verb [T] (present participle UK imperilling, past tense and past participle imperilled, present participle US imperiling, past tense and past participle imperiled) formal

Definition

› to put someone or something in a dangerous situation: A police raid would imperil the lives of the hostages.

(Definition of imperil verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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imperfect adjective
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