jeopardize

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: jeop=ard=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

jeopardize, v. t. 

 To expose to loss or injury; to risk.  [1913 Webster]
"That he should jeopardize his willful head
Only for spite at me."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jeopardize, v.tr. (also -ise) endanger; put into jeopardy.

THESAURUS

jeopardize

compromise, encounter danger, endanger, expose, gamble, gamble with, hazard, imperil, incur danger, jeopard, jeopardy, lay open, menace, peril, put in danger, put in jeopardy, risk, threaten, venture

ROGET THESAURUS

jeopardize

Danger

VB be in danger, be exposed to danger, run into danger, incur danger, encounter danger, run a risk, lay oneself open to, lean on a broken reed, trust to a broken reed, feel the ground sliding from under one, have to run for it, have the chances against one, have the odds against one, face long odds, be in deep trouble, be between a rock and a hard place, hang by a thread, totter, sleep on a volcano, stand on a volcano, sit on a barrel of gunpowder, live in a glass house, bring in danger, place in danger, put in danger, place in jeopardy, put in jeopardy, endanger, expose to danger, imperil, jeopard, jeopardize, compromise, sail too near the wind, adventure, risk, hazard, venture, stake, set at hazard, run the gauntlet, engage in a forlorn hope, threaten danger, run one hard, lay a trap for.