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jeopardize in English:

1. endanger


He would never do anything to endanger the children's lives.
The world's most endangered species of cat could have been saved from extinction thanks to a project in Spain.
The hospital is accused of endangering patients’ lives.
Polllution endangers animals.
Then our country was especially endangered, but not from outside.
Smoking during pregnancy endangers your baby's life.
by flying while drunk the pilot endangered the lives of the passengers
My business rivals endanger my career.
In spite of those rules, the FAA has documented dozens of near misses from people who violate regulations, and any of those instances could have potentially caused serious damage to an airplane and endangered lived.
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

2. compromise


The compromise was accepted.
The agreement was a product of compromise between the two governments.
A watered down compromise resolution is better than none at all.
It is essential that some kind of compromise be reached between Pyongyang and Washington.
Was the Missouri Compromise legal?
The priest seems to make it a practice to climb on the underdog's bandwagon and persuade the other side to compromise.
Only a Sith would appreciate the lack of compromise inherent in a prime number.
After a heated discussion, a compromise was adopted. Smokers will be allowed to smoke in the smoking corner.
The EC's Twelve are working out a compromise on farm-price.
The compromise which permits a smoker to smoke in the smoking corner was born after heated discussion.
The collaboration between these somewhat eccentric men was filled with strain and compromise on both sides, but in the end they appear to have gotten on well.
a military oversight that compromised the nation's defences
The two parties compromised and settled on a figure below what the union demanded, but slightly more than the management had originally offered.
If we back down on this issue, our reputation will be compromised.
He wanted to go skiing and I wanted to go swimming: we finally reached a compromise and went water skiing!

English word "jeopardize"(compromise) occurs in sets:

THe words2 in English

3. damaging or destroying something important



4. put something or someone in danger of being harmed or damaged