Thesaurus: peril

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1. n. Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
2. v. t. To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.
3. v. i. To be in danger.
4. n. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
5. n. a state of danger involving risk
6. n. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
7. v. pose a threat to; present a danger to
8. v. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
9. 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. To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life. To be in danger. [Obs.] Milton.
10. Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or propertyto 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.
11. n:100 n a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune n a state of danger involving risk n a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury v pose a threat to; present a danger to v put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position