Definition of "imperilling" [imperilling]

• Present participle of imperil. (verb)

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• "Nevertheless he was not averse to the Factor's imperilling his own immortal soul, and, especially, feeling an ominous attraction himself for Lit-lit, he was sombrely content to clinch his own soul's safety by seeing her married to the Factor."
• "Today as prime minister, Mr. Singh is presiding over a government that is growing the state sector and imperilling future growth."
• "It is because it is so hard to find a way of cutting spending without imperilling access to justice that his predecessors – Labour as well as Conservative – have failed to do more than slow its growth, despite 30 consultation exercises in the past four years."