endanger wildlife

Meaning

This expression means to put animals, birds, insects, or plants in their natural habitats at risk of harm, injury, or extinction. It is commonly used in discussions about environmental protection, pollution, climate change, and urban development. The tone is informative and serious.

Examples

• Using chemical pesticides in your garden can seriously endanger wildlife.

  Using chemical pesticides in your garden can seriously endanger wildlife.

• The oil spill off the coast threatens to endanger wildlife in the marine reserve.

  The oil spill off the coast threatens to endanger wildlife in the marine reserve.

• Building a highway through the forest will endanger wildlife in that area.

  Building a highway through the forest will endanger wildlife in that area.

• We must pass stricter laws against illegal hunting to avoid endangering wildlife.

  We must pass stricter laws against illegal hunting to avoid endangering wildlife.

• Plastic pollution in the oceans continues to endanger wildlife globally.

  Plastic pollution in the oceans continues to endanger wildlife globally.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Pollution can in danger wildlife in the river.

  ✓ Pollution can endanger wildlife in the river.

  'Endanger' is a single verb, while 'in danger' is a prepositional phrase. You cannot use 'in danger' as a transitive verb.

• ✗ These practices endanger to wildlife.

  ✓ These practices endanger wildlife.

  'Endanger' is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'to' before its direct object.

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Practice

• Deforestation and urban sprawl continue to ___ across the globe.

  💡 Two words: phrase for putting animals and plants at risk

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  endanger wildlife

• Leaving trash on the beach can ___ and disrupt the local ecosystem.

  💡 Two words: phrase for putting natural species in danger

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  endanger wildlife