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Definitions of poison
  1. noun
    any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
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  2. verb
    add poison to
    "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"

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  3. verb
    administer poison to
    "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
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  4. noun
    anything that harms or destroys
    "the poison of fascism"
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  5. verb
    kill by its poison
    "This mushrooms can poison"
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  6. verb
    kill with poison
    "She poisoned her husband"
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  7. verb
    spoil as if by poison
    "poison someone's mind" "poison the atmosphere in the office"
Definition that contains poison
  • bittersweet poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
  • hemlock poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
  • wolfsbane poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock
  • henbane poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine
  • pseudoephedrine poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it
  • ergotism poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
  • wolfbane poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock
  • neurotoxic poisonous to nerves or nerve cells
  • ophidism poisoning by snake venom
  • solanum dulcamara poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
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