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poison

noun as in substance that causes harm, death

verb as in contaminate, pollute

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Example Sentences

Leapolitan responded by saying, “hopefully youll [sic] bite into a poison apple.”

And some members of the Lizard Squad are now claiming that they were never trying to poison the network.

Infernal, it can cause fires and explosions; toxic, it can debilitate, poison, and kill.

Then came the horrors of World War I, with the advent of tanks and airplanes and poison gas.

“Either you poison yourselves or you take this which shoots,” the boss says.

The tobacco plant, as is well known, produces a virulent poison known as Nicotine.

They affirmed it was an antidote to all poison; that it expelled rheums, sour humours, and obstructions of all kinds.

He lived in a perpetual fear and danger of discovery; and discovery now was but another name, for poison—prison—death.

He carries a bamboo basket in which he has put a mixture containing a curious kind of poison.

Strange perhaps to say, the suggestion of the old dowager, like instilled poison, was making its way into her very veins.

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On this page you'll find 112 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to poison, such as: bacteria, contamination, germ, toxin, venom, and virus.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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