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peril
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perilous
per·il·ous [ pérrələss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
very dangerous: involving exposure to very great danger
[13th century. Via Old French perillous< Latin periculosus< periculum (see peril)]

per·il·ous·ly adverb
per·il·ous·ness noun
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