endanger
Put at risk
To endanger is to put at risk of harm, damage, or destruction.
The word often appears in contexts of safety and conservation: Reckless driving endangers lives.
Species facing extinction are called endangered: The bald eagle was once endangered but has recovered.
Put at risk
- imperilPut in danger
- menaceSource of potential harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
- perilSerious threat of harm
compromise · threaten · risk · expose · undermine · destabilize · harm's way · precarious
Expressed intent to harm
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- biodiversityRange of life forms
wildlife · conservation · poaching · overhunting · overfishing · deforestation · ecosystem · sanctuary
jeopardize
Put at risk
peril · compromise · threaten · risk · expose · undermine · destabilize · harm's way · precarious · insecure
threatened
Expressed intent to harm
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
biodiversity · wildlife · conservation · poaching · overhunting · overfishing · deforestation · ecosystem · sanctuary · reserve
safeguard
Precaution against harm
sanctuary · haven · refuge · conserve · stewardship · custodian · warden · guardian · rescue · rehabilitate
- intimidationthreats, threatening, menacing, intimidate, bullying
- critically endangeredAt extinction's edge
- endangered speciesOrganisms facing extinction risk
- endangered species advocatesThose protecting threatened wildlife
- reckless endangermentCharge for dangerous carelessness
- child endangermentCrime of risking kids' safety
- endangered languagesSpeech nearing extinction
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