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nounany substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
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"Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"verbadd poison to
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"She poisoned her husband but he did not die"verbadminister poison to
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"the poison of fascism"nounanything that harms or destroystype of:
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"This mushrooms can poison"verbkill by its poisontype of:
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"She poisoned her husband"verbkill with poisontype of:
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"poison someone's mind" "poison the atmosphere in the office"verbspoil as if by poison
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
- wolf's bane poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock
- cyanide poisoning poisoning due to ingesting or inhaling cyanide; common in smoke from fires and in industrial chemicals