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"The word peril means danger."
I am putting my life in peril by smoking.
i was in peril with my math teacher
storms at sea put ships and the crew in peril
Your country's safety is in peril! Police officers and firefighters are trained to deal with emergencies, natural disasters and other types of peril.
Danger
It means danger or dangerous.
Peril? Catastrophe?
2 Per-il
Peril, Hazard, threat, jepordy, chance
danger, harm, hurt, peril
As far as I understand it, peril and hazard are two different things when used in the insurance context. Consider a house built on a flood plain. In the event of a flood the house is damaged. The peril in this case is flooding while the hazard is the location of the house on the flood plain.