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Endangered - What does it mean?

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endangered

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)
  • * 1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Betrothed
  • I have but done my devoir, lady, as a good knight, in defence of an endangered maiden...

    Derived terms

    * endangered species

    Verb

    (head)
  • (endanger)
  • Not English

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