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jeopardy
/ˈd͡ʒɛpɚdi/
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What does jeopardy mean?
noun
- Danger of failure, harm, or loss.
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verb
- (archaic) To jeopardize; to endanger.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɛpɚdi/
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So that the right way may now be easily found out in short time, and that with little jeopardy and less expenses.
Glaisher and Coxwell, one which would certainly have found the travellers in far less jeopardy had their car been convertible into a boat.
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My reply is, cursed be any love or harmony which demands for its preservation that we place the Word of God in jeopardy!
Wolves were especially numerous and very bold and fierce, so that the dogs of the party were continually in jeopardy of their lives.
Then the gale slackened, and we had a dead calm, during which the waves banged us about frightfully, and our masts were in much jeopardy.