What is the meaning of peril?

noun

• A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune.
  • usage: "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
  • synonyms: hazard, jeopardy, risk, endangerment
• A state of danger involving risk.
  • synonyms: riskiness
• A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury.
  • usage: "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
  • synonyms: risk, danger

verb

• Pose a threat to; present a danger to.
  • usage: "The pollution is endangering the crops"
  • synonyms: endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil
• Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.
  • synonyms: queer, expose, scupper, endanger