Many wild animals are in peril of losing their lives.
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Peril
//ˈpɛɹɪl//
Synonyms for "peril" (99 found)
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Related words (49)
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6 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
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9 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 32 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- gevaar noun (a situation of serious danger)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κίνδυνος noun (a situation of serious danger)
Arabic
2 entries- خطر noun (a situation of serious danger)
- خَطَر noun (a situation of serious danger)
Armenian
2 entries- վտանգ noun (a situation of serious danger)
- վտանգ noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
Bulgarian
2 entries- опасност noun (a situation of serious danger)
- риск noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
Catalan
1 entries- perill noun (a situation of serious danger)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 冒險 /冒险 noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
- 危險 /危险 noun (a situation of serious danger)
Czech
3 entries- nebezpečí noun (a situation of serious danger)
- nebezpečí noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
- ohrožení noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
Danish
2 entries- fare noun (a situation of serious danger)
- risiko noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
Dutch
1 entries- gevaar noun (a situation of serious danger)
Esperanto
1 entries- danĝero noun (a situation of serious danger)
Finnish
3 entries- vaara noun (a situation of serious danger)
- vaara noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
- vaaratilanne noun (a situation of serious danger)
French
3 entries- péril noun (a situation of serious danger)
- risque noun (a situation of serious danger)
- risque noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
German
3 entries- Gefahr noun (a situation of serious danger)
- Risiko noun (a situation of serious danger)
- Risiko noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹 noun (a situation of serious danger)
- 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 noun (a situation of serious danger)
Hungarian
3 entries- veszedelem noun (a situation of serious danger)
- veszély noun (a situation of serious danger)
- veszély noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
Italian
2 entries- pericolo noun (a situation of serious danger)
- periglio noun (a situation of serious danger)
Japanese
2 entries- 冒険 noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
- 危険 noun (a situation of serious danger)
Latin
1 entries- periculum noun (a situation of serious danger)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fare noun (a situation of serious danger)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- تهلكه noun (a situation of serious danger)
- قورقو noun (a situation of serious danger)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Jefoa noun (a situation of serious danger)
- Jefoa noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
Polish
2 entries- niebezpieczeństwo noun (a situation of serious danger)
- zagrożenie noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
Portuguese
3 entries- perigo noun (a situation of serious danger)
- perigo noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
- risco noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
Romanian
1 entries- pericol noun (a situation of serious danger)
Russian
4 entries- опа́сность noun (a situation of serious danger)
- опа́сность noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
- риск noun (a situation of serious danger)
- угро́за noun (a situation of serious danger)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- cunnart noun (a situation of serious danger)
- cunnart noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
- gàbhadh noun (a situation of serious danger)
- gàbhadh noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
Spanish
4 entries- discrimen noun (a situation of serious danger)
- discrimen noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
- peligro noun (a situation of serious danger)
- peligro noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
Swedish
1 entries- fara noun (a situation of serious danger)
Tocharian A
2 entries- sanu noun (a situation of serious danger)
- sanu noun (something that causes, contains, or presents danger)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ñyātse noun (a situation of serious danger)
Zazaki
2 entries- risk noun (a situation of serious danger)
- riziko noun (a situation of serious danger)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
They faced the peril of falling rocks.
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For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
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And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
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