as in poisoned
containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing
the witch gave Snow White a poison apple
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as in toxic
a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing
the only way to get rid of rats is to leave out poison
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as in to taint
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable
poisoning the minds of impressionable children with ethnic hatred
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as in to pollute
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
exhaust fumes poisoning the air
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as in to degrade
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
this party partisanship poisons the national debate we should be having about this urgent problem
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Recent Examples of poison
National Geographic, 28 Feb. 2020
Some farmers even intentionally poison cranes to stop them from foraging in their crops.
—National Geographic, 10 Feb. 2020
Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Call poison control: Call the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435.
—Sara Hansen, The Denver Post, 13 Dec. 2024
Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Salting on sidewalks and driveways can also run off into your lawn and landscape, poisoning your plants.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Behavior and reproduction Most frogs are nocturnal, but not poison frogs.
—National Geographic, 28 Feb. 2020
Some farmers even intentionally poison cranes to stop them from foraging in their crops.
—National Geographic, 10 Feb. 2020
Noun
That is the warning of a new study, led by a researcher from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), that analyzed data from an animal poison control center.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Call poison control: Call the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435.
—Sara Hansen, The Denver Post, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
Wine has for centuries played an outsize role in Moldova’s relationship with Russia, both lubricating and at times poisoning ties between what, until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, were two parts of the same country.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Salting on sidewalks and driveways can also run off into your lawn and landscape, poisoning your plants.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poison
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This strategy has amplified his visibility but has also drawn criticism for aligning with internet personalities accused of toxic and, for some, abusive behaviors.Kia Turner, refinery29.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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Fipronil is also high toxic to fish and aquatic invertebrates.Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Trump's legal team has repeatedly accused her of impropriety and cast the indictment against him as tainted because of the relationship, which Willis publicly acknowledged.April Rubin, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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The judge also pushed back on Trump’s claim that the verdict should be set aside because the jury was tainted.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
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Activists behind the suit against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) say that the wastewater contains metal and polluting chemicals used at the south Texas launch site.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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No matter the political complications, countries continued to deploy clean energy at a rapid clip this year driven by economics (renewables are often cheaper than fossil fuels) and energy-security concerns (producing clean electricity at home means less reliance on polluting imports).Justin Worland, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
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Alarming figures indicate that 40% of the earth’s land is already degraded, impacting half of the human population and half of the global GDP, underscoring the severity of the challenge faced by communities today.Sanam Mahoozi, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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There are a number of ways that these tiny pieces of plastic can become airborne, including from sea spray, textiles sitting in landfills interacting with the wind, degrading tires as people drive, and more.7 Wildfire smoke is another common way people breathe in microplastics, Johnson said.Brian Mastroianni, Health, 7 Jan. 2025
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Thanks to pandemic and production delays, however, training turned into a long, grueling process.Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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And then that’s turned into a working animatronic suit that is so insane.Adam B. Vary, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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New Zealand stone flies are evolving away from mimicking poisonous insects because deforestation has left them nothing to mimic.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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The bacteria survived, protected and fed by the fungus — and the fungus scored a poisonous partner.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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This can lead to detrimental long-term health effects, such as triggering chronic conditions such as asthma as well as obstructive lung disease like bronchitis.Omer Awan, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs, possibly a million or more, were swept into camps and prisons, with former detainees reporting abuse, disease and, in some cases, death.Dake Kang and Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Dodge won't spoil the surprise by confirming if the last one will be based on the Charger or the Challenger (or maybe both), but the evidence suggests the latter is more likely.Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 13 Feb. 2023
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Farmers’ broiler chickens suffocate, and dairy products spoil.Monica Mark, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2023
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“Poison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poison. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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