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From im- +‎ peril.

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imperil (third-person singular simple present imperils, present participle (UK) imperilling or (US) imperiling, simple past and past participle (UK) imperilled or (US) imperiled)

  1. (transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger.
    • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 10, page 169:
      [] they occupied the country, expelled the inhabitants, and terminated for ever the rivalry which had so long imperilled their own naval supremacy in Greece.
    • 2006 June, Jeffrey Winters, “Wind Out of Their Sails”, in Mechanical Engineering, page 31:
      Boating and fishing groups contend that the 130 [wind energy] towers would be a navigation hazard and offshore construction would imperil the fisheries.
  2. (transitive) To risk or hazard.

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