endangerment

Examples

• All

• Finally, most species are affected by more than one threat, with the number of threats increasing with the level of endangerment.

  Academic text (2006)

• One response in the United States to the endangerment and loss of species was the enactment of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

  Academic text (2012)

• The release of the IUU ship caught fishing in these circumstances must take into account the endangerment to the species of fish.

  Academic text (2017)

• Our children, however healthy and robust they may seem, know that the world is endangered and see their own endangerment in the bargain.

  Academic text (1998)

• For extant species, the number of threats per species increases with the level of endangerment.

  Academic text (2006)

• Introduced species are a much less important threat in Canada than in the United States, but the causes of endangerment are broadly similar for Canadian and globally endangered species.

  Academic text (2006)

• The very fact that Yiddish must depend on university courses for its survival is the strongest possible evidence of its endangerment.

  Academic text (2000)

• Agricultural activity (46%) and urbanization (44%) are the most prevalent ultimate causes of endangerment in Canada.

  Academic text (2006)

• In the process, I have become increasingly attuned to the expression of concern for our planet's endangerment as it arises in the course of my clinical treatment of children and adolescents.

  Academic text (1998)

• The oil spill caused the endangerment of numerous marine species in the area.

Synonyms

I

imperilment

vsendangerment

8.2

A state of being in danger of harm

includes risk of harm and also risk of loss or extinction

Antonyms

S

safety

∞ 1.0

A place or condition that protects you from danger

S

security

408 2.4

The feeling of being safe from danger or threat

How At Risk

imminentness

• Formal

8.8

endangerment

2 5.4

vulnerability

156 5.1

safety

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology