peril
peril (per′əl)
noun
- exposure to harm or injury; danger; jeopardy
- something that may cause harm or injury
Etymology: OFr < L periculum, danger < base *per- (as in experiri, to try) < IE base *per-, to try, risk, come over > fear, fare
transitive verb -·iled or -·illed, -·il·ing or -·il·ling
Archaic to expose to danger; jeopardize; imperil
n
Preposition: of
- sea: The loss report was accepted without reservation by the insurers, on the basis of " perils of the sea " .
- war: Eye-witness accounts from American airmen and British civilians of the perils of war.
- life: The perils of student life Have a good summer.
- world: In the current New Yorker, Zakaria warns of the perils of a unipolar world in which America is the sole power.
- smoking: Whether it's Brooke Shields famously talking about the perils of smoking ( " Smoking kills.
- death: But do you know, that every day heaps up the peril of death, not only on your head, but on ours?
Converse of object
- brave: Be warned, you'll have to brave the perils of the tunnel, once again, on your return.
- survive: We have survived grave perils in the past, and we can do so again now.
- encounter: On the way he encounters many perils which he must overcome including ghouls, a giant walrus and a saber tooth tiger.
- escape: While abroad young Napier escaped some perils that existed at home.
- illustrate: This horror story neatly illustrates the perils surrounding gifts of second hand computers.
- face: Lost in the Delta Quadrant, the crew of the USS Voyager face the perils of the long journey back to Earth.
Adjective modifier
- insured: There is also provision for the reinstatement of records lost through the insured perils.
- deadly: Soon nothing, not even mighty Albion, will be safe from the deadly peril.
- mortal: In their mortal peril the Greeks turned to us for succor.
- dire: Most of us, when in some direction we think ourselves to be strong, are in dire peril of collapse.
- grave: The report says that the government's ability to reach the target on carbon dioxide is ' in grave peril ' .
Preposition: on
- sea: And what of the various perils on the sea?
Avoid,Profaneness; come not here: Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so, May at his peril further go.
Thenewspaper is of necessitysomethingof a monopoly, and its first duty is to shun the temptations of a monopoly. Its primary office is the gathering of News. At the peril of its soul it must see that the supply is not tainted. Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in the mode of presentation, must the unclouded face of Truth suffer wrong.Comment is free, but facts are sacred.
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