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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. pose a threat to; present a danger to;
- Example: "The pollution is endangering the crops"
[syn: endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril]

2. put at risk;
- Example: "I will stake my good reputation for this"
[syn: venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

jeopardize \jeop"ard*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jeopardized; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Jeopardizing.]
   To expose to loss or injury; to risk.

   Syn: jeopard.
        [1913 Webster]

              That he should jeopardize his willful head
              Only for spite at me.               --H. Taylor.
        [1913 Webster]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "jeopardize":
   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