verb
- Pose a threat to; present a danger to.
- usage: "The pollution is endangering the crops"
- synonyms: endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril
- (v.) ()
- synonyms: threaten
- (v.) ()
- synonyms: threaten
adjective
- Of flora or fauna. ( likely in the near future to become endangered)
- usage: "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"
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