peril

• Prompt measures, however, prevented any ill effects; and all danger was over before the letter was sent off which informed Coley of what had happened; but the bare idea of the peril was a great shock to one of such warm affections, and so deeply attached to his only brother. —  Life of John Coleridge Patteson
• We lighted dark halls; closed the “cruller” bakeries in tenement-house cellars that had caused the loss of no end of lives, for the crullers were boiled in fat in the early morning hours while the tenants slept, and when the fat was spilled in the fire their peril was awful. —  The Making of an American
• "'The Cove' brings us some of the most magnificent creatures on the planet and shows us why their peril is our peril," noted Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns. —  Variety.com
• Wear it yourself, good comrade, for your peril is as great as mine Nay, Edward, speak not thus idly," said Paul, with unwonted gravity. —  In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young
• Wear it yourself, good comrade, for your peril is as great as mine. " —  In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

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