Perilous
Perilous adjective - Involving potential loss or injury.
Pivotal and perilous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pivotal" instead an adjective "Perilous".
Nearby Words: peril, perilously, periled
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Pivotal and Perilous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/perilous/pivotal
Perilous & Pivotal. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/perilous/pivotal>.
Pivotal or Perilous. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/perilous/pivotal.
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