imperilment

noun

Definition of imperilmentnext
as in risk
the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil the city has reduced the number of its firefighters, to the imperilment of every homeowner

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  1. risk
  2. jeopardy
  3. danger
  4. trouble
Noun
  • The Weather Prediction Center said in its Thursday afternoon forecast that there is a moderate risk of a swath of the Upper Midwest from northern North Dakota to eastern Wisconsin seeing more than six inches of snowfall.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Because of these risks, Yardeni believes there is a chance for a 10% market pullback in the bull market.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of risk
Noun
  • Less than a week before Christmas and the start of Hanukkah, the timely delivery of holiday gifts was thrown into jeopardy as thousands of Amazon workers walked off the job and hit picket lines in an attempt to force the nation's largest e-commerce company to bargain with unionized employees.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • And if City weren’t in the title race, the United manager was usually fighting for his job, so there’d be that element of jeopardy.
    Sam Lee, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of jeopardy
Noun
  • The danger of leaving the death penalty as an available tool for Donald Trump to use cannot be overstated.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Read More: Time 100 AI: Francesca Mani Activists will seek legislative action related to other AI harms, including the vulnerability of consumer data and the dangers of companion chatbots causing self-harm.
    Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of danger
Noun
  • Pacifici shares an example where a buyer of a healthcare company inherited regulatory trouble from the previous owner, putting a third of the company’s revenue at risk and exposing it to potential fines.
    Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The more scientific term for this phenomenon is venous stasis—this condition occurs when the veins have trouble moving blood back to the heart, straining the cardiovascular system, Mustali Dohadwala, MD, a cardiologist in private practice at Heartsafe Boston, told Health.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of trouble
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