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1. A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
   "drinking alcohol is a health peril"
   - hazard, jeopardy, risk, endangerment
    
2. A state of danger involving risk
   - riskiness
    
3. A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
   "he saw the rewards but not the perils of crime"
   - risk, danger

1. Pose a threat to; present a danger to
   "The pollution is perilling the crops"
   - endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise [Brit], menace, threaten, imperil
    
2. Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
   - queer, expose, scupper, endanger

Derived forms: periled, periling, perilled, perilling, perils

See also: perilous

Type of: affect, be, bear on, bear upon, danger, exist, impact, touch, touch on, venture

Encyclopedia: Peril