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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
endangered
adj
  1. (of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction; "an endangered species"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Endanger \En*dan"ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endangered}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Endangering}.]
      1. To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose
            to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace.
  
                     All the other difficulties of his reign only
                     exercised without endangering him.      --Burke.
  
      2. To incur the hazard of; to risk. [Obs.]
  
                     He that turneth the humors back . . . endangereth
                     malign ulcers.                                    --Bacon.
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