There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
Source: tatoeba (908429)
Endanger
//ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ//
Synonyms for "endanger" (33 found)
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35 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- излагам на опасност verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 使受危險 /使受危险 verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- 危及 verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- 危害 verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Czech
1 entries- ohrozit verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Dutch
1 entries- in gevaar brengen verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Finnish
2 entries- aiheuttaa vaaraa verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- vaarantaa verb (to put someone or something in danger)
French
2 entries- compromettre verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- mettre en danger verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Galician
1 entries- arriscar verb (to put someone or something in danger)
German
1 entries- gefährden verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Hebrew
1 entries- סִכֵּן verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Hungarian
1 entries- veszélyeztet verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Italian
3 entries- compromettere verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- mettere in pericolo verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- rischiare verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Japanese
2 entries- 危うくする verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- 脅かす verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Ladino
1 entries- rizikar verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Māori
2 entries- whakamōrea verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- whakamōrearea verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Old English
1 entries- frēcnian verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Polish
2 entries- zagrażać verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- zagrozić verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Portuguese
1 entries- perigar verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Romanian
4 entries- compromite verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- periclita verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- primejdui verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- risca verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Russian
2 entries- подве́ргнуть опа́сности verb (to put someone or something in danger)
- подверга́ть опа́сности verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Spanish
1 entries- apeligrar verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Swedish
1 entries- sätta i fara verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Ukrainian
1 entries- наразити на небезпеку verb (to put someone or something in danger)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Firefighters always endanger their lives.
Source: tatoeba (2805506)
Interplanetary space is hardly tranquil. High-energy charged particles from the Sun, as well as from beyond our solar system, constantly whizz by. These can damage satellites and endanger astronaut health.
Source: tatoeba (6479009)
You shouldn't endanger your children just because some fruit loop claims vaccines cause autism.
Source: tatoeba (7798466)
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