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peril

noun as in danger, risk

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Example Sentences

We separate the search for justice from the search for truth at our peril.

Facts have weight and mass, and we ignore them or abuse them at our own peril.

I was lost, fresh back from Vietnam, searching, maybe, for a peril the equivalent of war but aimed in the direction of life.

Now poaching is on the rise and wildlife conservation in peril.

Rick must shepherd his newborn daughter, Judith, through this world of peril.

I must aspire to the agitating transports of self-devotion, in scenes of sacrifice and peril!

They tobogganed down hills without a brake at the imminent peril of their lives.

That caused me certain fevers, for as he died in the country outside this city in a garden his property was in great peril.

Lyn was no chicken-hearted weakling, to sit down and weep unavailingly in time of peril.

Madame Roland distinctly saw and deeply felt the peril to which she and her friends were exposed.

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On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to peril, such as: hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, menace, pitfall, and uncertainty.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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