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• v  pose a threat to; present a danger to

• The law's aim is to ensure production for an 80-day "cooling-off period" in strikes or threatened strikes found to imperil the "national health or safety," thereby giving .
• Those moves brought widespread international condemnation, which in turn sparked a nationalistic backlash in China that some feared might imperil the smooth running of the .

• endanger
• jeopardize
• jeopardise
• menace
• threaten
• peril

News & Articles

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• Morning Report: SANDAG’s Pricey Old Digs
  Mayor-city attorney flap could imperil bonds, pot shops stay open illegally, nuke plant's future and a mayor-worthy beer.
  June 11, 2013 - Voice of San Diego

Quotes

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• President Bush in USA Today
  In a statement, Bush said the legislation "would imperil billions of dollars of Iraqi assets at a crucial juncture in that nation's reconstruction efforts."
• Barack Obama in ABC News
  Obama continued, "I have condemned Russian aggression, and today I reiterate my demand that Russia abide by the cease-fire. Russia must know that its actions will have consequences. They will imperil the Civil Nuclear Agreement, and Russia's...
• Antonin Scalia in Technorati (blog)
  We repeat those assurances here,Alito wrote. "Despite municipal respondents' doomsday proclamations, [the decision] does not imperil every law regulating firearms."