Synonyms:
poison, toxicant, poisonous_substance
Meaning: any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
Synonyms:
poison
Meaning: anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
poison
Meaning: spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office"
Synonyms:
poison
Meaning: kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband"
Synonyms:
poison, envenom
Meaning: add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"
Usage examples
POISON.
A GLASS OF POISON
'Why did she poison?
She had taken poison.
"Why do they wish to poison pigs?"
"The gipsies use it to poison pigs."
I never heard, though, of what poison she died."
That he had taken the poison himself was incredible.
But after death neither animal showed the least trace of the poison."
We sprayed the monsters with fire as workmen spray fruit trees with insect poison.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hamlet, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cane toad, License CC BY-SA 4.0