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poison

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noun

poi·​son ˈpȯi-zᵊn How to pronounce poison (audio)
1
a
: a substance that through its chemical action usually kills, injures, or impairs an organism
b(1)
: something destructive or harmful
(2)
: an object of aversion or abhorrence
2
: a substance that inhibits the activity of another substance or the course of a reaction or process
a catalyst poison

poison

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verb

poisoned; poisoning ˈpȯiz-niŋ How to pronounce poison (audio)
ˈpȯi-zᵊn-iŋ

transitive verb

1
a
: to injure or kill with poison
b
: to treat, taint, or impregnate with or as if with poison
2
: to exert a baneful influence on : corrupt
poisoned their minds
3
: to inhibit the activity, course, or occurrence of
on the night when he poisoned my rest Charles Dickens
poisoner
ˈpȯiz-nər How to pronounce poison (audio)
ˈpȯi-zᵊn-ər
noun

poison

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adjective

1
: poisonous, venomous
a poison plant
a poison tongue
2
: impregnated with poison : poisoned
a poison arrow

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Example Sentences

Noun a jar of rat poison The killer gave her victims food laced with poison. suck poison from a snake bite The villain in the play dies by drinking a vial of poison. Poverty is a poison to society. Verb How did the murderer poison the victim? Hundreds were poisoned from drinking the contaminated water. He was poisoned with cyanide. The factory poisoned the air with its fumes. Illegal dumping of waste is poisoning the stream and killing fish. He poisoned their minds with hatred for her. His angry outburst poisoned the atmosphere of the party. Adjective the witch gave Snow White a poison apple See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In Giddings’ world, descended from our own, social justice is treated as a social poison. Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022 Rodenticide, more commonly known as rat poison, can cause second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide, or SGAR, poisoning. Anjali Huynh, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022 By promoting the preservative as a poison, the site has helped give rise to a means of suicide that is alarming some coroners and doctors. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2021 By promoting the preservative as a poison, the site has helped give rise to a means of suicide that is alarming some coroners and doctors. New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021 Alan has described it as a bit of a poison chalice. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2022 Fontanilla said inducing vomiting and testing the puke is the only way to know what poison a dog has ingested, a procedure her facility has performed. Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2022 This neurotoxin is found in other creatures, like poison dart frogs and even the beetles that the pitohui eats. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Aug. 2022 Some frogfish even use their camouflage not to hide, but rather, to mimic poison sea slugs. Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022
Verb
No deaths from the white mulberry plant have been reported to poison control officials in the past 10 years, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers. Samantha Young, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2022 Which of Jane Stanford’s many enemies tried to poison her? Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022 No deaths from the white mulberry plant have been reported to poison control officials in the past 10 years, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers. Samantha Young, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2022 No deaths from the white mulberry plant have been reported to poison control officials in the past 10 years, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers. Samantha Young, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2022 The false rumor of a Pentagon plot to poison African Americans, Arabs, Asians and other minorities in the United States with AIDS still has currency in conspiratorial corners of the web. Evan Thomas, Washington Post, 22 July 2022 One member of the court, Justice Clarence Thomas, has openly opposed affirmative action and signaled his belief that legacy preferences and other factors poison the admissions process. Stephanie Saul, New York Times, 13 July 2022 Finally, Sun Pharma issued a recall for about 34,660 bottles of 100-count Kroger Acetaminophen that can poison children. Chris Smith, BGR, 17 June 2022 Because fossil-fuel-burning cars, factories, and power plants also produce conventionally toxic forms of pollution, America’s air will carry more particulate matter, tiny shards of ash that can poison the heart, lungs, and brain. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
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 Field biologist Andrius Pašukonis, who researches poison frog homing behavior in the wild and was not involved in this study, is excited about the results and hopes to see more work done on these and other species. Geetha Iyer, National Geographic, 25 July 2019 Ken said, battling through the foliage before realizing most of it was poison ivy. Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French poisun drink, potion, poison, from Latin potion-, potio drink — more at potion

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of poison was in the 13th century

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