jeopardized

verb

past tense of jeopardize
as in endangered
to place in danger don't do anything that will jeopardize your place on the advisory board

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Recent Examples of jeopardized As Ruben and Gus form an unlikely friendship, the bond is jeopardized when both men’s pasts threaten to catch up with them. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026 When regulations begin to overlap, permitting and building are jeopardized through financial and practical burdens. — Bennett Lawson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 The extended delay and the fee could have potentially jeopardized the deal altogether. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 The situation jeopardized the US government’s policy of ensuring two separate rocket types are available to launch national security payloads into orbit. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 The school could argue that the conference hastily convened the vote, perhaps in violation of bylaws or conference customs, and in doing so jeopardized its contracts with coaches, sponsors, media and licensing partners, and others. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026 The lawsuit also argued that allowing such students into girls’ locker rooms jeopardized privacy and safety. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Advocates warned that the 2026 state budget bill’s caps on annual usage of business tax credits jeopardized that accomplishment and that the sudden policy change might scare productions away from the state. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 Even with proper funding, the project of maintaining military facilities would have been jeopardized by shortages in personnel needed to carry out repairs. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeopardized
  1. endangered
  2. threatened
  3. risked
Verb
  • Ofir Akunis, Israel’s consul general in New York, said the mayor’s position on Israel has endangered Jewish New Yorkers.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Police asked for help finding Jordyne Williams, 20, who was reported missing Sunday afternoon and is considered endangered, a police spokesman said.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of endangered
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  • Attacks on Abha and Riyadh's King Khalid international airports in Saudia Arabia threatened to pull the kingdom deeper into the latest front in the Iran war.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Mecklenburg County commissioners blasted Discovery Place over its handling of county money for its nature museum Tuesday and threatened to take control of the museum’s operations and hold Discovery Place in default for millions.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of threatened
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  • With roads around the hospital unsafe, transferring patients to other facilities was not an option in the first hours of the attack, while sending ambulances into the field risked exposing them to Hamas ambushes.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Of course, there are also age-old hustles so evidently dishonest that there was a time when their exponents risked being hung or shot.
    — Kit Chellel, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of risked

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“Jeopardized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardized. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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