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jeopardize

(dʒepəʳdaɪz)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense jeopardizes, present participle jeopardizing, past tense, past participle jeopardizedregional note: in BRIT, also use jeopardise
verb
To jeopardize a situation or activity means to do something that may destroy it or cause it to fail.
He has jeopardised the future of his government. [VERB noun]
The talks may still be jeopardized by disputes. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: endanger, threaten, put at risk, put in jeopardy More Synonyms of jeopardize

jeopardize in British English

or jeopardise (ˈdʒɛpəˌdaɪz)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to risk; hazard
he jeopardized his job by being persistently unpunctual
2. 
to put in danger; imperil

jeopardize in American English

(ˈdʒɛpərˌdaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈjeopardˌized or ˈjeopardˌizing
to put in jeopardy; risk loss, damage, or failure of; endanger

Examples of 'jeopardize' in a sentence
jeopardize

`I doubt whether there's a man here tonight who wouldn't willingly jeopardize his marriage just to spend one night with her.
MacNeill, Alistair ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH' (1994)
Llewelyn wanted an alliance with her father, would do nothing to jeopardize it.
Penman, Sharon HERE BE DRAGONS (1994)
`You can't afford to allow your personal feelings to jeopardize the operation, Marlette," Pruitt warned him.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR (1994)
I will see you dead before I will let you jeopardize the mission we will be upon.
Raymond E. Feist SHADOW OF A DARK QUEEN: BOOK ONE OF THE SERPENTWAR SAGA (1994)

In other languages
jeopardize

British English: jeopardize VERB
To jeopardize a situation or activity means to do something that may destroy it or cause it to fail.
He has jeopardized the future of his government.
  • American English: jeopardize
  • Brazilian Portuguese: arriscar
  • Chinese: 损害
  • European Spanish: poner en peligro
  • French: mettre en danger
  • German: gefährden
  • Italian: mettere in pericolo
  • Japanese: 危険にさらす
  • Korean: 위태롭게 하다
  • European Portuguese: arriscar
  • Latin American Spanish: poner en peligro

Chinese translation of 'jeopardize'

jeopardize

(ˈdʒɛpədaɪz)

vt

  1. [job, relationship, outcome] 危害 (wēihài)
(verb) 
Definition
to put (something) at risk
The talks may still be jeopardized by disputes.
Synonyms
endanger
This debate could endanger the peace talks.
threaten
The new species of butterfly threaten the indigenous population.
put at risk
put in jeopardy
risk
She risked her life to help a woman.
expose
gamble
Are you prepared to gamble your career on this matter?
hazard
He could not believe that the man would have hazarded his grandson.
menace
The state retained the latent capability to menace people's security.
imperil
You imperilled the lives of other road users with your driving.
put on the line

Additional synonyms

in the sense of gamble
Definition
to risk or bet (something) on the outcome of an event or sport
Are you prepared to gamble your career on this matter?
Synonyms
risk,
chance,
stake,
venture,
hazard,
wager
in the sense of hazard
Definition
to risk
He could not believe that the man would have hazarded his grandson.
Synonyms
jeopardize,
risk,
endanger,
threaten,
expose,
imperil,
put in jeopardy
in the sense of imperil
Definition
to put in danger
You imperilled the lives of other road users with your driving.
Synonyms
endanger,
risk,
hazard,
jeopardize

Synonyms of 'jeopardize'

jeopardize

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of menace
Definition
to threaten with violence or danger
The state retained the latent capability to menace people's security.
Synonyms
threaten,
jeopardize,
put at risk,
loom over,
imperil,
be a danger to
in the sense of risk
Definition
to expose to danger or loss
She risked her life to help a woman.
Synonyms
dare,
endanger,
jeopardize,
imperil,
venture,
gamble,
hazard,
take a chance on,
put in jeopardy,
expose to danger,
take the plunge,
skate on thin ice
in the sense of threaten
Definition
to be a threat to
The new species of butterfly threaten the indigenous population.
Synonyms
endanger,
jeopardize,
put at risk,
imperil,
put in jeopardy,
put on the line
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