About The Word Peril
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Peril
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What's The Definition Of Peril?
[n] a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
[n] a source of danger; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [n] a state of danger involving risk [v] put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position [v] pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" Synonyms | Synonyms for Peril: danger | endanger | endanger | expose | hazard | imperil | jeopardise | jeopardize | jeopardy | menace | queer | risk | risk | riskiness | scupper | threaten Related Terms | Find terms related to Peril: breakers ahead | cardhouse | cause for alarm | compromise | crisis | danger | dangerous ground | desultoriness | emergency | encounter danger | endanger | endangerment | expose | exposure | gamble | gamble with | gaping chasm | gathering clouds | hazard | house of cards | imperil | imperilment | incur danger | infirmity | insecurity | insolidity | instability | insubstantiality | jeopard | jeopardize | jeopardy | lay open | liability | menace | openness | pass | perilousness | pinch | plight | precariousness | predicament | put in danger | put in jeopardy | quicksand | risk | riskiness | rocks ahead | shakiness | shiftiness | shiftingness | slipperiness | speculativeness | storm clouds | strait | subjection | susceptibility | thin ice | threat | ticklishness | treacherousness | treachery | unauthenticity | unauthoritativeness | uncertainty | undependability | unfaithworthiness | unreliability | unsolidity | unsoundness | unsteadfastness | unsteadiness | unsubstantiality | unsureness | untrustworthiness | vulnerability See Also | affect | be | bear on | bear upon | chance | compromise | danger | exist | gamble | health hazard | impact | occupational hazard | speculativeness | subject | sword of Damocles | touch | touch on | venture Peril In Webster's Dictionary \Per"il\, n. [F. p['e]ril, fr. L. periculum, periclum,
akin to peritus experienced, skilled, and E. fare. See
{Fare}, and cf. {Experience}.]
Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or
property to injury, loss, or destruction.
In perils of waters, in perils of robbers. --2 Cor. xi.
26.
Adventure hard With peril great achieved. --Milton.
{At}, or {On}, {one's peril}, with risk or danger to one; at
the hazard of. ``On thy soul's peril.'' --Shak.
Syn: Hazard; risk; jeopardy. See {Danger}.
\Per"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Periled}or {Perilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Periling} or {Perilling}.] To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life. \Per"il\, v. i. To be in danger. [Obs.] --Milton. |
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