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Definition of posion

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1. poison [ n ] any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

Used in print:

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

It is thick , much like an egg_plant 's skin , so that poison sprays , if they are used , present no hazard to the consumer .

Good taste and versatility , plus safety from spray poisons would be enough to recommend the frequent use of such a fruit , even if its nutritional values were limited .

Synonyms poison poisonous_substance Related Terms substance strychnine nicotine toxin venom brucine hyoscyamine atropine

2. poison [ v ] spoil as if by poison
Examples: "poison someone's mind" "poison the atmosphere in the office"

Used in print:

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

Should not everyone have been awakened to_it as an outstanding fact of our time that the nations poisoned by anti-Semitism proved less fortunate in regard_to their own freedom than those whose citizens saved their Jewish compatriots from the transports ?

Synonyms poison Related Terms corrupt

3. poison [ v ] add poison to
Examples: "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"

Used in print:

(Wayne D. Overholser, The Killer Marshal....)

The best antidote for the bitterness and disappointment that poisoned him was hard_work .

Synonyms poison envenom Related Terms change

4. poison [ v ] kill with poison
Examples: "She poisoned her husband"

Used in print:

(Genevieve Holden, Deadlier Than the Male....)

`` So you 're looking_for a woman who married a man who might have lived here a year ago and might have been poisoned .

Synonyms poison Related Terms kill

5. poison [ n ] anything that harms or destroys
Examples: "the poison of fascism"

Used in print:

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

In regard_to Eichmann , it was to be found in the Nazi outlook , which contained a principle separate from and far worse than anti-Semitism , a principle by which the poison of anti-Semitism itself was made more virulent .

Synonyms poison Related Terms destructiveness

6. poison [ v ] kill by its poison
Examples: : "This mushrooms can kill"

Synonyms poison Related Terms kill

7. poison [ v ] administer poison to
Examples: "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"

Synonyms poison Related Terms drug intoxicate poisoning

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