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endangered

endangered \en*dan"gered\, a.

  1. Being in a condition or situation where life or serious harm is possible; in danger; at risk.

  2. Small in numbers, with significant possibility of extinction; -- of species.

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endangered
  1. in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct) v

  2. (en-past of: endanger)

WordNet
endangered

adj. (of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction; "an endangered species"

Wikipedia
Endangered (album)

Endangered is the 8th studio album by hard rock band Pink Cream 69.

Endangered (disambiguation)

An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct.

An endangered language is a language at risk of falling out of use.

Endangered may also refer to:

  • Endangered (album), a 2001 hard rock album
  • Endangered (film), an upcoming film
  • The Endangered (film), a 1993 animated film
  • "The Endangered" (MacGyver), a 1988 television episode
Endangered (Grimm)

"Endangered" is the 19th episode and of the supernatural drama television series Grimm of season 2 and the 41st overall, which premiered on April 30, 2013, on NBC. The episode was written by Spiro Skentzos, and was directed by David Straiton. The episode and the rest of the episodes of the season were broadcast on Tuesday nights.

Usage examples of "endangered".

The Jewish speculations about Angels and Mediators, which at the time of Christ grew very luxuriantly among the Scribes and Apocalyptists, and endangered the purity and vitality of the Old Testament idea of God, were also very important for the development of Christian dogmatics.

Whereas an insurrection exists in the State of Florida, by which the lives, liberty, and property of loyal citizens of the United States are endangered: And whereas it is deemed proper that all needful measures should be taken for the protection of such citizens and all officers of the United States in the discharge of their public duties in the State aforesaid: Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham LINCOLN, President of the United States, do hereby direct the commander of the forces of the United States on the Florida coast to permit no person to exercise any office or authority upon the islands of Key West, the Tortugas, and Santa Rosa, which may be inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of the United States, authorizing him at the same time, if he shall find it necessary, to suspend there the writ of habeas corpus, and to remove from the vicinity of the United States fortresses all dangerous or suspected persons.

Of course, the pile of endangered black caiman carcasses and jaguar pelts found in the village had not helped matters.

Further, you have endangered the blades by the energies unleashed in playing your eggling music.

And now it only remains for me to say that I think it is a very grave question for the people of this Union to consider, whether, in view of the fact that this slavery question has been the only one that has ever endangered our Republican institutions, the only one that has ever threatened or menaced a dissolution of the Union, that has ever disturbed us in such a way as to make us fear for the perpetuity of our liberty,--in view of these facts, I think it is an exceedingly interesting and important question for this people to consider whether we shall engage in the policy of acquiring additional territory, discarding altogether from our consideration, while obtaining new territory, the question how it may affect us in regard to this, the only endangering element to our liberties and national greatness.

But in central Texas, the slightly more communistic area of the state, environmentalists have successfully filed a bunch of lawsuits, leaving the courts pondering how much property has to be set aside to maintain a habitat for two endangered species: the black-capped vireo, a pretty songbird, and the Barton Creek salamander, a critter only a herpetologist could love.

Nor have there been wanting learned exegetists who have opined that the whale mentioned in the book of Jonah merely meant a life-preserver--an inflated bag of wind--which the endangered prophet swam to, and so was saved from a watery doom.

Paradoxically, the presence of the suckers actually endangered the grudgers early on in the story because they were responsible for the temporary prosperity of the cheats.

I could not help confessing that my life had been endangered, for the only arm I had was my sword, but I should certainly have used it if the earl had tried to treat me like the others, and as he had treated poor Poinsinet.

The Justice Department will be issuing indictments soon for crimes ranging from bringing a wild animal into the country without meeting the proper quarantine and inoculation requirements to endangering an endangered species.

Anyway, at the same time, I inserted a GPS unit to track the jaguarondi for our endangered species program.

Adams and Carwardine spent the next year traveling the world and seeing endangered animals, like flightless kakapo parrots in New Zealand and baiji river dolphins in China.

I have never lost one, nor to the best of my recollection has one been greatly endangered, by the puerperal, miliary, low nervous, putrid malignant, or milk fever.

Hershey Zamzow and Rachel Mendelson concerning bear poaching and about the illegal trade in rare and endangered species.

In a manly oration, not unworthy of a Roman censor, the eunuch reproved these disorderly vices, which sullied their fame, and endangered their safety.