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peril

noun as in danger, risk

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Fortunately, Wilson and Mandvi are adept enough comics not to fall into that trap even as they avoid the equally damaging peril of too much audience-pandering horseplay.

Those who make it past Turkish security forces move from Van towards Kayseri city and then to the Izmir, Canakkale or Bodrum coasts - the next point of peril on the migrant trail.

From BBC

The post-WWII system of international alliances, underpinned by NATO, is now in grave peril of being unraveled.

From Salon

The debate highlights the peril for the government, even when it grants all its MPs, including ministers, a free vote on an issue.

From BBC

He is of course, referring to Homer's epic poem that follows the travels of Odysseus and his crew, who faced perils such a the monster Scylla and giant whirlpool Charybdis.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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