verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
endanger the life of sb
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They wanted to capture the gunman without endangering the lives of his hostages.
endanger your health (= cause danger to your health )
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Being overweight endangers your health.
endangered (= used about a species of which there are very few still alive, so that it may soon not exist )
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The park is a sanctuary for 41 endangered species.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
health
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Campaigners along the 50-mile proposed route also fear the 400,000-volt cable could endanger health , spoil the landscape and devalue property.
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But that is no reason to neglect the risks that continue to endanger public health as a result of fraud or recklessness.
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The contamination could endanger the health of tens of thousands of people.
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This gap between children's knowledge about what endangers their health and how they use this knowledge is largely uncharted territory.
life
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They have also pleaded not guilty to causing the explosion and possessing explosives with intent to endanger life .
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But engineers concluded that even a complete failure of the non-critical, rubber O-ring would not endanger the lives of shuttle astronauts.
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In the parable of Jonah, the prophet's disobedience stirs up the deep to endanger the lives of his fellow seafarers.
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Second, Christians have a responsibility not to use their freedom to endanger their own spiritual lives .
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Detonated Jones, of Kremlin Drive, Tuebrook, admitted causing an explosion likely to endanger life .
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I would never play him if I thought it was any point that would endanger his life .
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The boy was also charged with arson with intent to endanger life in connection with an incident at Chesterfield library on Monday.
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Findings include: Some 600 million people live in urban areas where the average level of sulphur dioxide pollution endangers their lives .
safety
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He had also quickly grasped that the islanders would do nothing to endanger the safety of Sycorax.
security
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The board is responsible for releasing documents on the 1963 Kennedy assassination that do not endanger national security .
species
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More importantly, perhaps, they represent the Return of the Director, an endangered species rarely glimpsed in recent years.
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It is not believed that any endangered species are at risk from the fire.
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However monkey, chimpanzee and many other rare and endangered species are plundered from the forest and killed for food.
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Mr Pinkerton brilliantly succeeds in convincing the reader that big government is an endangered species .
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Others, sipping coffee, were assembling giant puppets of bears, dolphins and other endangered species .
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He says what endangered species conflicts are really all about is a lack of planning.
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Their numbers became so depleted in this country that in 1969 they were placed on the endangered species list.
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As a result of anti-pollution laws, some companies have become endangered species . 14.
■ VERB
protect
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People who otherwise consider individual responsibility the pinnacle of virtue seem unable to perceive an individual responsibility to protect an endangered planet.
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One smart thing these sisters did was lay down the burden of protecting the endangered black man.
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Great economic sacrifices have been made by developers, loggers and fishermen to protect endangered species.
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She says the actions are necessary to protect the endangered winter-run salmon.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Any raid or rescue operation would endanger the lives of the hostages.
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If unemployment continues to rise, social stability may be endangered.
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Smoking during pregnancy can endanger your baby's health.
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The city authorities complained that low-flying aircraft were endangering public safety.
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The pilot refused to endanger the lives of his passengers by making an unscheduled landing.
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The U.S. was unwilling to do anything that might endanger the alliance with Japan.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aid agencies still fear that crop substitution projects will endanger the lives of their staff.
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But engineers concluded that even a complete failure of the non-critical, rubber O-ring would not endanger the lives of shuttle astronauts.
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He says what endangered species conflicts are really all about is a lack of planning.
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In the parable of Jonah, the prophet's disobedience stirs up the deep to endanger the lives of his fellow seafarers.
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It stretches your resources and endangers your ability to continue and to invest in new opportunities for your business.
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Sticking with an employee who breaks his little toe is one thing; keeping timeservers who endanger profitability is another.
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The fewer sent, the fewer would be endangered.