to expose to risk or danger
31imperil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. endanger, jeopardize, risk. See danger. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. jeopardize, expose, hazard; see endanger , risk . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. endanger, jeopardize, hazard, *play with fire,… …
32hazard — hazardable, adj. hazarder, n. hazardless, adj. /haz euhrd/, n. 1. an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards. 2. something causing unavoidable danger, peril, risk, or difficulty: the many hazards of… …
33peril — perilless, adj. /per euhl/, n., v., periled, periling or (esp. Brit.) perilled, perilling. n. 1. exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger: They faced the peril of falling rocks. 2. something that causes or may cause… …
34hazard — haz•ard [[t]ˈhæz ərd[/t]] n. 1) something causing danger, peril, risk, or difficulty: the many hazards of the big city[/ex] 2) the absence or lack of predictability; chance; uncertainty 3) spo a bunker, sand trap, or the like, constituting an… …
35venture — I. verb (ventured; venturing) Etymology: Middle English venteren, by shortening & alteration from aventuren, from aventure adventure Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to expose to hazard ; risk, gamble < ventured a bu …
36hazard — [haz′ərd] n. [ME < OFr hasard, game of dice, adventure < ? Ar az zahr, for Egypt colloq. Ar al zahr, dice] 1. an early game of chance played with dice, from which craps is derived 2. chance, or a chance occurrence 3. a) risk; peril; danger; …
37Diver rescue — Beaching a casualty while providing artificial respiration Diver rescue, following an accident, is the process of avoiding or limiting further exposure to diving hazards and bringing a SCUBA diver to safety.[1] A safe place is often a place where …
38hazard — /ˈhæzəd / (say hazuhd) noun 1. a risk; exposure to danger or harm. 2. the cause of such a risk; a potential source of harm, injury, difficulty, etc.: the car has become a major hazard in modern life. 3. chance; uncertainty. 4. the uncertainty of… …
39peril — n 1. risk, jeopardy, danger, hazard; menace, threat, minacity, gathering storm, handwriting on the wall, foreboding; endangerment, imperilment, liability, vulnerability, susceptibility, subjection, exposure, openness; precariousness, insecurity,… …
40chance — noun 1》 a possibility of something happening. 2》 (chances) the probability of something desirable happening. 3》 an opportunity. 4》 the occurrence of events in the absence of any obvious intention or cause: he met his brother by chance. verb 1》 do …
