{In one's danger}, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [Obs.] This sense is retained in the proverb, ``Out of debt out of danger.''
Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. --Robynson (More's Utopia).
{To do danger}, to cause danger. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy.
Usage: {Danger}, {Peril}, {Hazard}, {Risk}, {Jeopardy}. Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy.
Danger \Dan"ger\, v. t. To endanger. [Obs.] --Shak.
He said he would open the envelopes early only if there was imminent danger that one juror might drop out or if it appeared that deliberations were getting bogged down.
An officer headed toward Charity Hospital with Archie, but Woodfork said officials decided to take him first to a police station because he might be in danger from Hauck's fellow officers, who had gathered at the hospital.
She had been raped by more than one person, her clothing was in disarray, she had suffered multiple scratches and abrasions, and she was so drunk that her life was in danger, the report said.
A group of gay guests, he says, raises the danger "of threatening order" at the facility by causing other guests too much anxiety.
Analysts say the 10-term lawmaker is in danger of losing his seat in western Shiga Prefecture.
Schedule III, IV and V drugs pose a lesser danger and are deemed less subject to abuse.
Wildfires were slowed Tuesday by lower temperatures and diminished winds after burning more than 7,300 acres and an exotic animal refuge and ancient Sequoia trees were put out of immediate danger.
In the world of architectural conservation there are, at the moment, a large number of small but important buildings that are in considerable danger.
Many Wisconsin communities canceled fireworks because of the fire danger, so more than 580,000 people jammed Milwaukee's Lake Michigan shore Sunday for a 4,000-shell display.
It might look at moments like Euro-crash - bodies slamming to the floor; danger the essential in every step - but its emotional force and wild logic, its skilled disdain for hazard, were hugely effective.
But little danger is seen at Atlantic and other healthy companies with employee ownership.
He said preliminary inspection revealed possible hydraulic fluid leaks in three parts of the shuttle, but added that they hadn't posed any danger in Sunday's landing and probably weren't a safety issue.
"This country is facing a danger, and I think this applies to other Arab countries," he said.
But now a different danger begins.
"Only such a solution can have the guarantees and the interational peacekeeping force under the United Nations which will minimize the danger of the Khmer Rouge," he said.
By the end of the last decade, though, the regional mall movement looked in danger of exhaustion.
The process helped him achieve the lush surface and warm colors he loved, but it also proved to be a great danger for collectors.
The long-term danger, in fact, worries Mideast experts more than the gunboat diplomacy capturing current headlines.
The danger is that his current economic advisers might substitute Japan-bashing protectionism for intellectual rigour. Yet what the US needs is co-operation with Japan, not confrontation.
Foreign Minister Jorge Ritter said Saturday there is a "true danger" of a U.S. invasion to oust Noriega, who heads Panama's Defense Forces.
Asked about the danger of epidemic in the earthquake areas, where thousands of bodies still have not been recovered, Ryzhkov told his interviewer there was no such danger in the large cities.
Asked about the danger of epidemic in the earthquake areas, where thousands of bodies still have not been recovered, Ryzhkov told his interviewer there was no such danger in the large cities.
Nick Pasquarosa, representing Polaroid employees, said the stakes could not be higher since both companies are in danger of being absorbed through takeovers and disappearing in their current form.
The danger is particularly great when the car in front is filled with members of the young hot-rod gangs known as bosozoku or the older gangsters known as yakuza.
One danger in self-help books is that people can misdiagnose themselves and fail to seek help, Rosen contends.
The danger is that if too much radioactive steam is released, the reactor cavity -about twice the size of those in the west - could burst. Normally, when pressure valves break, the steam is channelled to a condensation pool.
The danger is that the Bertelsmann people will feel no duty to do more than squeeze the Bantam, Doubleday Dell Group for profits.
The Caribbean nation, once rich in mahogany forests, is in danger of being reduced to a barren rock by desperately poor people who cut down trees for fuel.
"It's not that there's going to any real danger, but the public needs to be aware of the facts," he said.
Later, he said he opposed abortion except in cases of rape, incest and danger to the mother's life.