jeopardize

3 definitions found

jeopardize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
          [1913 Webster]
  
                That he should jeopardize his willful head
                Only for spite at me.               --H. Taylor.
          [1913 Webster]

jeopardize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  jeopardize
      v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is
           endangering the crops" [syn: endanger, jeopardize,
           jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril]
      2: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn:
         venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize]

jeopardize - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "jeopardize":
     compromise, encounter danger, endanger, expose, gamble,
     gamble with, hazard, imperil, incur danger, jeopard, jeopardy,
     lay open, menace, peril, put in danger, put in jeopardy, risk,
     threaten, venture