peril
21peril — noun 1 great danger ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly, dire, grave, great, mortal, serious ▪ imminent ▪ financial …
22peril — [[t]pe̱rɪl[/t]] perils 1) N VAR: usu with supp Perils are great dangers. [FORMAL] ...the perils of the sea... In spite of great peril, I have survived... We are in the gravest peril. Syn: danger 2) N PLURAL: with p …
23peril — per|il [ perəl ] noun uncount MAINLY LITERARY danger: in peril: Jensen feared that his life was in peril. at your peril used for saying that doing something is dangerous or could cause serious problems: We soon discovered that you disobeyed Clara …
24peril — noun 1 (U) literary great danger, especially of being harmed or killed: in peril: a prayer for those in peril on the sea 2 the perils of a) literary things that can cause great danger: Cook faced the perils of the Atlantic seas. b) things that… …
25peril — n. & v. n. serious and immediate danger. v.tr. (perilled, perilling; US periled, periling) threaten; endanger. Phrases and idioms: at one s peril at one s own risk. in peril of with great risk to (in peril of your life). peril point US Econ. a… …
26peril — noun a situation of serious and immediate danger. verb (perils, perilling, perilled; US perils, periling, periled) archaic expose to danger. Phrases at one s peril at one s own risk. in (or at …
27peril — UK [ˈperəl] / US noun [uncountable] mainly literary danger in peril: Jensen feared that his life was in peril. • the perils of (doing) something often humorous danger or problems connected with a particular activity the perils of air travel at… …
28peril — [13] Etymologically, peril means a ‘trying out of something’, an ‘experiment’. The word comes via Old French peril from Latin perīculum ‘experiment, danger’, a noun formed from the base *per ‘attempt’ (which also lies behind English empiric,… …
29peril — The risk, hazard, or contingency insured against by a policy of insurance. In general, the cause of any loss such as may be caused by fire, hail, etc. See also imminent peril @ perils of the lakes As applied to navigation of the Great Lakes, this …
30peril — [13] Etymologically, peril means a ‘trying out of something’, an ‘experiment’. The word comes via Old French peril from Latin perīculum ‘experiment, danger’, a noun formed from the base *per ‘attempt’ (which also lies behind English empiric,… …
