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31imminent peril — Such peril under humanitarian doctrine means certain, immediate, and impending, and not remote, uncertain, or contingent; and likelihood or bare possibility of injury is not sufficient to create imminent peril. Hastings v. Coppage, Mo., 411… …
32IMMINENT — ENTE. adj. Qui est près de tomber sur quelqu un, sur quelque chose. Il ne s emploie guère que figurément et dans certaines phrases. Une ruine, une disgrâce imminente. Péril imminent …
33IMMINENT, ENTE — adj. Qui est près de survenir, en parlant d’un événement, surtout malheureux. Une ruine, une guerre imminente. Péril imminent …
34imminent — adj. Imminent is used with these nouns: ↑arrival, ↑catastrophe, ↑danger, ↑death, ↑demise, ↑departure, ↑destruction, ↑disaster, ↑execution, ↑extinction, ↑invasion, ↑ …
35imminent — Synonyms and related words: about to be, abusive, advancing, alarming, already in sight, anticipated, approaching, approximate, approximative, at hand, attracted to, awaited, bludgeoning, blustering, brewing, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying,… …
36imminent — im|mi|nent <über gleichbed. fr. imminent aus lat. imminens, Gen. imminentis, Part. Präs. von imminere, vgl. ↑imminieren> drohend, nahe bevorstehend (z. B. von Fehlgeburten; Med.) …
37imminent — adjective 1》 about to happen. 2》 archaic overhanging. Derivatives imminence noun imminently adverb Origin ME: from L. imminent , imminere overhang, impend , from in upon, towards + minere to project …
38imminent — adjective a cease fire was imminent Syn: impending, close (at hand), near, (fast) approaching, coming, forthcoming, on the way, in the offing, in the pipeline, on the horizon, in the air, just around the corner, coming down the pike, expected,… …
39imminent — UK [ˈɪmɪnənt] / US adjective likely or certain to happen very soon Many species of animal are in imminent danger of extinction. Derived word: imminently adverb …
40imminent — im•mi•nent [[t]ˈɪm ə nənt[/t]] adj. 1) likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent[/ex] 2) projecting or leaning forward; overhanging • Etymology: 1520–30; < L imminēre to overhang im′mi•nent•ly, adv. im′mi•nent•ness, n …
