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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : jep-er-dahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛp ərˌdaɪz |
Definition of jeopardizing
Origin :- 1640s, from jeopardy + -ize. Related: Jeopardized; jeopardizing. As a verb, Middle English used simple jeopard (late 14c.).
- verb endanger
- He is jeopardizing all our lives, and his own has been forfeit these years.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- It was as if, by considered action, he had set about jeopardizing his own dignity.
- Extract from : « The Mystics » by Katherine Cecil Thurston
- We are jeopardizing the rights and liberties of future generations.
- Extract from : « Exempting the Churches » by James F. Morton. Jr.
- Where were you, may I ask, while I was jeopardizing my life a hundred times every day for my country?
- Extract from : « Eyes Like the Sea » by Mr Jkai
- "I—I had no intention of jeopardizing a contract," he faltered.
- Extract from : « Star Surgeon » by Alan Nourse
- But de Vergennes had no notion of being used for American purposes in this jeopardizing style.
- Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by John Torrey Morse, Jr.
- While the war lasted the menace of its awaking and jeopardizing German peace with the United States was always present.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
- It would be placing myself in his power, jeopardizing the sole hope of my life.
- Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman
- It is mortifying to fail in one's mission, but that is of little consequence compared with jeopardizing a whole army.
- Extract from : « Four Years A Scout and Spy » by E. C. Downs
- That's why it disturbs me to see you jeopardizing it by this insistence that the Martian language can be translated.
- Extract from : « Omnilingual » by H. Beam Piper
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