endanger
v.v. to put someone or something in a situation where they could be harmed, damaged, or destroyed.
v. to expose to danger, harm, or the risk of destruction. Transitive; requires a direct object.
Pollution can endanger the health of local wildlife.
The construction of the new highway could endanger several rare plant species found only in this valley.
Reckless financial speculation does more than threaten individual portfolios; it can endanger the stability of the entire global economy if left unregulated by central banks.
From en- + danger. Displaced native Old English frēcnian.
The verb is transitive and always takes a direct object.
The species is endanger.The species is endangered.Learners often use the base verb 'endanger' instead of the adjective 'endangered' to describe a state of being at risk.