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peril
per·il [ pérrəl ] (plural per·ils)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. exposure to risk: exposure to risk of harm
2. danger: a source of possible or imagined harm
[13th century. Via French< Latin periculum "experiment, risk" < Indo-European, "try"]
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