peril

peril
per|il [ˈperıl] n
[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin periculum]
1.) [U] literary or formal great danger, especially of being harmed or killed
in peril
▪ They put their own lives in peril to rescue their friends.
great/grave/serious peril
▪ The economy is now in grave peril.
▪ a voyage that was fraught with peril (=full of danger)
2.) [C usually plural] literary or formal a danger or problem in a particular activity or situation
▪ the perils posed by mountaineering
peril of
▪ the perils of the sea
3.) do sth at your peril
used to say that what someone is intending to do is dangerous or could cause them problems
▪ Politicians ignore this issue at their peril.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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