jeopardize
11jeopardize — UK [ˈdʒepə(r)daɪz] / US [ˈdʒepərˌdaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms jeopardize : present tense I/you/we/they jeopardize he/she/it jeopardizes present participle jeopardizing past tense jeopardized past participle jeopardized to risk damaging or… …
12jeopardize — jeop|ar|dize also jeopardise BrE [ˈdʒepədaız US ər ] v [T] to risk losing or spoiling something important ▪ large scale military offensives which could jeopardize the UN peace process …
13jeopardize — jeop|ard|ize [ dʒepər,daız ] verb transitive to risk damaging or destroying something important: Cuts in funding could jeopardize this vital research work …
14jeopardize — [[t]ʤe̱pə(r)daɪz[/t]] jeopardizes, jeopardizing, jeopardized VERB To jeopardize a situation or activity means to do something that may destroy it or cause it to fail. [V n] He has jeopardised the future of his government... [V n] The talks may… …
15jeopardize — [ˈdʒepəˌdaɪz] verb [T] to risk damaging or destroying something important Cuts in funding could jeopardize our research.[/ex] …
16jeopardize — transitive verb ( dized; dizing) Date: 1582 to expose to danger or risk ; imperil …
17jeopardize — /jep euhr duyz /, v.t., jeopardized, jeopardizing. to put in jeopardy; hazard; risk; imperil: He jeopardized his life every time he dived from the tower. Also, esp. Brit., jeopardise. [1640 50; JEOPARD(Y) + IZE] * * * …
18jeopardize — verb To put in jeopardy, to threaten. After having an affair with a junior, her chances of promotion were seriously jeopardized …
19jeopardize — Synonyms and related words: compromise, encounter danger, endanger, expose, gamble, gamble with, hazard, imperil, incur danger, jeopard, jeopardy, lay open, menace, peril, put in danger, put in jeopardy, risk, threaten, venture …
20jeopardize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. imperil, expose, venture; see endanger , risk . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. endanger, imperil, hazard, risk, put in jeopardy, chance, threaten, tempt fate. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To subject to danger or… …
