jeopardizes
Puts at stake
Jeopardizes means puts at risk or endangers.
To jeopardize something is to expose it to potential harm or loss: Smoking jeopardizes your health.
The word often appears in contexts where careless or reckless action threatens something valuable: His outburst jeopardized the deal, Don't jeopardize your career over this.
Puts in danger
- threatensExpresses intent to harm
- compromisesSettlements through mutual concession
- underminesWeakens by stealth
- hazardsDangers or threats
exposes · destabilizes · weakens · sabotages · damages · harms · impairs · menaces
Possible negative outcomes
- gamblesWagers on uncertain outcomes
- wagersStakes risked on outcomes
- betsRisked money on outcomes
- venturesRisky new enterprises
speculates · chances · hazards · plays with fire · rolls the dice · endangers · exposes
Weakens or overthrows
- erodesWears away gradually
- destabilizesUndermines steadiness or equilibrium
- weakensReduces strength or power
- compromisesSettlements through mutual concession
threatens · sabotages · damages · impairs · undercuts · hollows out · corrodes · saps
imperils
Puts in danger
- threatensExpresses intent to harm
- compromisesSettlements through mutual concession
- underminesWeakens by stealth
hazards · exposes · destabilizes · weakens · sabotages · damages · harms · impairs · menaces · perils
risks
Possible negative outcomes
ventures · speculates · chances · hazards · plays with fire · rolls the dice · endangers · exposes
subverts
Weakens or overthrows
- erodesWears away gradually
- destabilizesUndermines steadiness or equilibrium
- weakensReduces strength or power
compromises · threatens · sabotages · damages · impairs · undercuts · hollows out · corrodes · saps · diminishes