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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperiled |
| Synonyms: | at risk, facing extinction, in danger, threatened |
| Main Entry: | defenseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerless, vulnerable |
| Synonyms: | caught, endangered, exposed, hands tied, helpless, in line of fire, indefensible, like a clay pigeon, like a sitting duck, naked*, on the line, on the spot, open, out on limb, pigeon, poor, unarmed, unguarded, unprotected, up the creek, weak, wide open |
| Antonyms: | powerful, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | risky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous |
| Synonyms: | chancy, delicate, dicey, endangered, fraught with danger, going for broke, hairy*, hanging by a thread, hazardous, iffy, insecure, jeopardous, long shot, not a prayer, off the deep end, on slippery ground, on the spot, on thin ice, out on a limb, perilous, playing with fire, precarious, rocky, sensitive, speculative, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, tricky, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, venturesome, wicked, wide-open |
| Antonyms: | assured, certain, safe, sure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unprotected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defenseless |
| Synonyms: | caught, endangered, exposed, helpless, in the line of fire, indefensible, like a sitting duck, naked*, open, out on a limb, powerless, pregnable, unarmed, unguarded, unsafe, vulnerable, weak, wide open |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | at risk |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in danger |
| Synonyms: | at hazard, endangered, exposed, imperiled, in jeopardy, in peril, jeopardized, susceptible, threatened, vulnerable |
| Main Entry: | undefended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unprotected |
| Synonyms: | assailable, defenseless, endangered, exposed, undefendable, unguarded, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | defended, guarded, protected, safe, secure |
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jeopardy |
| Synonyms: | blight, cop out, discredit, dishonor, embarrass, endanger, explode, expose, give in, hazard, imperil, implicate, jeopardize, mar, menace, peril, prejudice, put under suspicion, risk, ruin, sell out, spoil, weaken |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | dare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a risk; be courageous |
| Synonyms: | adventure, attempt, be bold, brave, endanger, endeavor, gamble, go ahead, hazard, make bold, pluck up, presume, risk, run the risk, speculate, stake, take a chance, take heart, try, try one's hand, undertake, venture |
| Antonyms: | be careful, hold back, refrain |
| Main Entry: | expose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | subject to danger |
| Synonyms: | endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay open, leave open, make liable, make vulnerable, peril, put in harm's way, risk |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save, shield |
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