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Jeopardizing

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.

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jeopardizing

vb. (present participle of jeopardize English)

Usage examples of "jeopardizing".

But R'gul had denied them the convenience of dragons, saying he knew only too well what Fax's opinion of dragonriders was and had no intention of jeopardizing another dragon and rider.

He'd killed Pledger to keep the man from telling that he'd seen Jake coming out of her room, and now he was deliberately jeopardizing that same secret.

But if he was using one of her boats to either sell or transfer drugs, he was jeopardizing her business.

Reviving containment would require the United States to make Iraq the centerpiece of its foreign policy for the life of Saddam's regime, incurring heavy costs and jeopardizing trade and even alliance ties with other nations.

We may not have a smoking gun (at least, not yet), but we have a very strong circumstantial case, and the administration would do well to start laying out that case to try to convince the American people, the Congress, and our allies to the greatest extent possible without jeopardizing the sources and methods of the intelligence community.

None of us dare to incur the wrath of our esteemed superior by jeopardizing the enterprise.

Without jeopardizing Pitt's vigilance, she circled her arms around his waist from the back so as not to restrict his movements.

As much as Dohni wanted to throttle the young man for jeopardizing his family, he could not deny his own memories of young love, memories that made him feel guilty looking at the beaten Jaka.

He would go to the place of torture in the morning, he decided, but probably only to say farewell, for it was unlikely he could rescue the man there without jeopardizing himself.

They couldn't do an in-depth job on them without jeopardizing the ship itself.

I do wonder, though, if we are not jeopardizing the most wonderful and wondrous thing ever to happen to our race by having you here, threat or no threat.