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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune;
- Example: "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
[syn: hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment]

2. a state of danger involving risk;
[syn: riskiness, peril]

3. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury;
- Example: "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"
- Example: "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
[syn: risk, peril, danger]


VERB (2)

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

2. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position;
[syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peril \Per"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Periledor Perilled; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Periling or Perilling.]
   To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's
   life.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peril \Per"il\, n. [F. p['e]ril, fr. L. periculum, periclum,
   akin to peritus experienced, skilled, and E. fare. See
   Fare, and cf. Experience.]
   Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or
   property to injury, loss, or destruction.
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         In perils of waters, in perils of robbers. --2 Cor. xi.
                                                  26.
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         Adventure hard
         With peril great achieved.               --Milton.
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   At one's peril, or On one's peril, with risk or danger to
      one; at the hazard of. "On thy soul's peril." --Shak.
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   Syn: Hazard; risk; jeopardy. See Danger.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peril \Per"il\, v. i.
   To be in danger. [Obs.] --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

peril
    n 1: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or
         misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn:
         hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment]
    2: a state of danger involving risk [syn: riskiness, peril]
    3: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or
       injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime";
       "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" [syn:
       risk, peril, danger]
    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 in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
       [syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril]