jeopardize
verbUK /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.dʌɪz/ · CA, US /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ɚ.daɪz/
Etymology From jeopardy + -ize.
1
US To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
- After having an affair with a junior, her chances of promotion were seriously jeopardized.
- This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.1968, Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey, spoken by HAL 9000:
- Derived terms
- jeopardization, jeopardizer, unjeopardized