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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
jeopardize
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jeopardize any chance of sth (=make something less likely to happen)
▪ This could jeopardize any chance of a ceasefire.
jeopardize/threaten the existence of sth (=make it likely that something will stop existing)
▪ The strike could jeopardize the existence of his company.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
chance
▪ However, it also had to act in a way that would not jeopardize its chance of winning the next election.
▪ Many feared that the continuing insecurity would jeopardize the chances of elections being held successfully.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A scandal like this might jeopardize his political career.
▪ The country's economic future is seriously jeopardized by the mass emigration of young people.
▪ Three women refused to testify, fearing it would jeopardize their careers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But usually its enforcement does not jeopardize the business community.
▪ It took so long to get herself back because both her professional and personal independence were jeopardized by motherhood.
▪ Many feared that the continuing insecurity would jeopardize the chances of elections being held successfully.
▪ The stability of such a transcript may be jeopardized, hence its faster subsequent degradation.
▪ This, they added, could jeopardize other large benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
▪ You don't have to jeopardize your standing in the staffroom.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
jeopardize

jeopardize \jeop"ard*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jeopardized; p. pr. & vb. n. Jeopardizing.] To expose to loss or injury; to risk.

Syn: jeopard.

That he should jeopardize his willful head Only for spite at me.
--H. Taylor.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
jeopardize

1640s, from jeopardy + -ize. Related: Jeopardized; jeopardizing. As a verb, Middle English used simple jeopard (late 14c.).

Wiktionary
jeopardize

vb. (context US English) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.

WordNet
jeopardize

  1. v. pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" [syn: endanger, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril]

  2. put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture, hazard, adventure, stake]

Usage examples of "jeopardize".

La Venta by Carlos Pellicer Camara, a local poet and historian who intervened forcefully when he discovered that oil-drilling by the PEMEX company jeopardized the ruins.

Sterilization is not a suitable method of punishment, and its value as a eugenic instrument is jeopardized by the interjection of the punitive motive.

Had the Romulans succeeded in keeping that subspace singularity, his political gamesmanship might even have jeopardized the entire universe.

Czech koruna is unhealthily overvalued against the euro thus jeopardizing any export-led recovery.

Crown did not want that silver lifeline jeopardized by armies of picaro swordsmen hijacking the silver trains along trails and highways.

And that is not going to be jeopardized by have a bunch of pickaninnies running around this house.

Kulan Tith, that I am willing to jeopardize my life, the peace of my nation, or even your friendship, which I prize more than aught else, to champion the Prince of Helium?

Nobody in their right mind would jeopardize those things, not even you and your damn monkey wrenchers, am I correct?

The tension was felt acutely at NSA, which feared that an Eritrean coup might jeopardize its listening post.

For the past eight days Jack had experienced frequent seizures of chagrin when he contemplated what manner of disgust the chief would exhibit if informed that the life of a valuable Macacus Rhesus was being jeopardized in the performance of an utterly idiotic experiment.

It would be irresponsible of us to jeopardize your life, taking you down to a planet at war, when Phylar, Edward, and I are fully qualified Explorers.

Although she knew it might be unfair and even unwise to jeopardize their new friendship with queries about Piers, she longed so desperately for information that she took the risk.

But executives knew expensing options meant lower profits, possibly jeopardizing the carefully constructed gravy train.

To challenge that philosophy was to jeopardize hefty campaign contributions from banks, builders and utilities.

I therefore advise all potential governors that their public careers will be jeopardized if they get themselves into debt.