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en·dan·gered
 endangered
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- pronunciation:
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When a type of animal is endangered, it means that only a few of these animals exist now, and it's possible that there will be no more of these animals in the future. Animals become endangered when they can no longer find the food they need to eat or because there is no more place for them to live.
Many wild animals are becoming endangered due to humans cutting down forests to make farms or to raise cattle. |
| definition 2: |
If a person or animal is endangered, they are at risk of being seriously hurt or killed. If someone is in the path of a tornado, they are endangered.
The lost and endangered hikers were finally rescued in the freezing wilderness. |
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