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Grammar : Verb
Spell : jep-er-dahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛp ərˌdaɪz

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Origin :
  • 1640s, from jeopardy + -ize. Related: Jeopardized; jeopardizing. As a verb, Middle English used simple jeopard (late 14c.).
  • verb endanger
Example sentences :
  • 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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