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Definition of Peril
1. Noun. A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune. "Drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
Generic synonyms: Danger
Specialized synonyms: Health Hazard, Moral Hazard, Occupational Hazard, Sword Of Damocles
Derivative terms: Hazard, Hazard, Hazardous, Jeopardise, Jeopardize, Jeopardize, Perilous, Risk, Risky
2. Verb. Pose a threat to; present a danger to. "Sam cannot peril Sue "; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
Generic synonyms: Be, Exist
Derivative terms: Jeopardy, Jeopardy, Menace
3. Noun. A state of danger involving risk.
Generic synonyms: Danger
Specialized synonyms: Speculativeness
Derivative terms: Perilous, Risky, Risky
4. Verb. Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.
Generic synonyms: Affect, Bear On, Bear Upon, Impact, Touch, Touch On
Specialized synonyms: Compromise
Derivative terms: Exposure
5. Noun. A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury. "There was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
Generic synonyms: Venture
Specialized synonyms: Chance, Crapshoot, Gamble
Derivative terms: Perilous, Risk, Risk, Risky, Risky
Definition of Peril
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.
Definition of Peril
1. Noun. A situation of serious and immediate danger. ¹
2. Noun. Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peril
1. to imperil [v -ILED, -ILING, -ILS or -ILLED, -ILLING, -ILS] - See also: imperil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peril
Literary usage of Peril
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1911)
"And they are to be reconciled with the other rule, that a loss caused by a peril
of the sea is to be borne by the underwriter, though the master did not use ..."
2. A Manual of the Law Relating to Shipping and Admiralty as Determined by the by Robert Desty (1879)
"The peril. i 310. Salvage lu case of recapture. i 317. Compensation, general
principles. i 319. Measure of reward. i 318. Ingredients of salvage services. i ..."
3. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1890)
"V. PERSONS IN peril. 164. Creation of Fear. Person has no right upon happening
of some occurrence, such as would not create fear in mind of the ordinarily ..."
4. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs, Lydia Maria Francis Child (1861)
"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. XVIII. MONTHS OF peril. THE search for mo
was kept up with more perse- ..."
5. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams (1905)
"So he stood for centuries on his Mount in peril of the Sea, watching across the
tremor of the immense ocean,—immensi tremor oceani, —as Louis XI, ..."
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