Peril
noun
A serious danger or risk.
Mountain climbers are aware of the peril involved in their sport.
Often appears as...
- peril of death
- in peril
noun
Something that can cause harm or injury.
In the insurance contract, a flood is described as a specific peril.
Often appears as...
- peril insurance
- specified perils
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Formal
noun
A chance or possibility of suffering harm or loss.
The defendant argued that the release of the information could put his life in peril.
Often appears as...
- in peril
- peril of loss
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Formal
noun
A serious danger or risk.
Mountain climbers are aware of the peril involved in their sport.
Often appears as...
- peril of death
- in peril
noun
Something that can cause harm or injury.
In the insurance contract, a flood is described as a specific peril.
Often appears as...
- peril insurance
- specified perils
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A chance or possibility of suffering harm or loss.
The defendant argued that the release of the information could put his life in peril.
Often appears as...
- in peril
- peril of loss
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Danger
Used to describe situations with possible physical harm.
Climbers face the peril of falling rocks.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
Conveys a strong emotional response to the risk involved.
The perils of war leave deep scars.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Exaggerated
Sometimes used to dramatize otherwise standard risks.
He spoke of the perils of eating sweets.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Danger
Used to describe situations with possible physical harm.
Climbers face the peril of falling rocks.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
Conveys a strong emotional response to the risk involved.
The perils of war leave deep scars.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Exaggerated
Sometimes used to dramatize otherwise standard risks.
He spoke of the perils of eating sweets.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Danger
Used to describe situations with possible physical harm.
Climbers face the peril of falling rocks.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
Conveys a strong emotional response to the risk involved.
The perils of war leave deep scars.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Exaggerated
Sometimes used to dramatize otherwise standard risks.
He spoke of the perils of eating sweets.
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Adam Grant: What frogs...
Humans might be smarter than frogs, but our world is full of slow-boiling pots. Think about how slow people were to react to warnings about a pandemic, climate change or a democracy in peril. We fail to recognize the danger because we're reluctant to rethink the situation.
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How design can help make...
people a way to connect with science that isn't cold and abstract but instead personal responsive and uplifting I'm not alone in this effort the work being done across the STEM fields today is full of promise but also peril there are
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How craving attention...
where people all over the world collaborate on all kinds of creative projects, so I don't think that social media or smartphones or any technology is problematic in and of itself. if we're going to talk about the perils of creativity
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Albatrosses' Life-Long...
in the world it also brings them into dangerous waters where commercial fisheries practice unsafe long line fishing methods albatross see the bait they dive on it and swallow the hook and today their populations are in peril
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Prince William PIPE This...
but so, too, has the acceleration of our impact. Over my grandmother's lifetime, the last 90 years or so, our impacts accelerated so fast that our climate, oceans, air, nature and all that depends on them are in peril.
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How to fool a GPS - Todd...
temptation to turn on a GPS spoofer or a wave bubble to protect your own privacy so as usual what we see just beyond the horizon is full of promise and peril it'll be fascinating to see how this all turns out thanks
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Is the world getting...
From a few oases, the territories with peace and prosperity are growing and could someday encompass the globe. Much suffering remains and tremendous peril, but ideas on how to reduce them have been voiced,
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Brutal Lion Infanticide...
Now the interests of the new males and those of the lionesses differ. Without their fathers to protect them, the cubs are in peril. They're systematically hunted down and dispatched.
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Todd Humphreys: How to...
to protect your own privacy? So, as usual, what we see just beyond the horizon is full of promise and peril. It'll be fascinating to see how this all turns out. Thanks.
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Are Badgers the Cleanest...
so far this is a big moment in their young lives exposed to the perils of life outside
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Adam Grant: What frogs...
Humans might be smarter than frogs, but our world is full of slow-boiling pots. Think about how slow people were to react to warnings about a pandemic, climate change or a democracy in peril. We fail to recognize the danger because we're reluctant to rethink the situation.
Video examples
How design can help make...
people a way to connect with science that isn't cold and abstract but instead personal responsive and uplifting I'm not alone in this effort the work being done across the STEM fields today is full of promise but also peril there are
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How craving attention...
where people all over the world collaborate on all kinds of creative projects, so I don't think that social media or smartphones or any technology is problematic in and of itself. if we're going to talk about the perils of creativity
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Albatrosses' Life-Long...
in the world it also brings them into dangerous waters where commercial fisheries practice unsafe long line fishing methods albatross see the bait they dive on it and swallow the hook and today their populations are in peril
Video examples
Prince William PIPE This...
but so, too, has the acceleration of our impact. Over my grandmother's lifetime, the last 90 years or so, our impacts accelerated so fast that our climate, oceans, air, nature and all that depends on them are in peril.
Video examples
How to fool a GPS - Todd...
temptation to turn on a GPS spoofer or a wave bubble to protect your own privacy so as usual what we see just beyond the horizon is full of promise and peril it'll be fascinating to see how this all turns out thanks
Video examples
Is the world getting...
From a few oases, the territories with peace and prosperity are growing and could someday encompass the globe. Much suffering remains and tremendous peril, but ideas on how to reduce them have been voiced,
Video examples
Brutal Lion Infanticide...
Now the interests of the new males and those of the lionesses differ. Without their fathers to protect them, the cubs are in peril. They're systematically hunted down and dispatched.
Video examples
Todd Humphreys: How to...
to protect your own privacy? So, as usual, what we see just beyond the horizon is full of promise and peril. It'll be fascinating to see how this all turns out. Thanks.
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Are Badgers the Cleanest...
so far this is a big moment in their young lives exposed to the perils of life outside
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Klaus Schwab
German Economist
The trends that are shaping the twenty-first-century world embody both promise and peril. Globalization, for example, has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty while contributing to social fragmentation and a massive increase in inequality, not to mention serious environmental damage.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex and vital.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed and at the mighty foes that we have laid low and all the dark and deadly designs that we have frustrated, why should we fear for our future? We have come safely through the worst.
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Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed with public perils so numerous, oppressed with responsibilities so high and solemn, as yourself!
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.
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Hilary Benn
British Politician
Nature nurtures our souls and lifts our spirits. But it also sustains us and our economy - and it is for this reason that we take it for granted at our peril.
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Emma Walton Hamilton
British Author
If the arts are in peril, we must do our small part to to fight the good fight and protect and preserve.
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Jane Seymour
English Actress
I'm proud of my wrinkles. They give my face character. As an actress, you mess with that at your peril.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Turkish Leader
Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.
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Klaus Schwab
German Economist
The trends that are shaping the twenty-first-century world embody both promise and peril. Globalization, for example, has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty while contributing to social fragmentation and a massive increase in inequality, not to mention serious environmental damage.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex and vital.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed and at the mighty foes that we have laid low and all the dark and deadly designs that we have frustrated, why should we fear for our future? We have come safely through the worst.
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Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed with public perils so numerous, oppressed with responsibilities so high and solemn, as yourself!
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.
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Hilary Benn
British Politician
Nature nurtures our souls and lifts our spirits. But it also sustains us and our economy - and it is for this reason that we take it for granted at our peril.
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Emma Walton Hamilton
British Author
If the arts are in peril, we must do our small part to to fight the good fight and protect and preserve.
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Jane Seymour
English Actress
I'm proud of my wrinkles. They give my face character. As an actress, you mess with that at your peril.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Turkish Leader
Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.
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