to poison
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3.3
- verb
- /ˈpɔɪzən/
:
envenenar
- She tried to poison the rat by leaving out bait soaked in toxic chemicals.
- poison the food
- poison the water
- try to poison
OK, now that you've tried to poison me, I think we should wrap this up.
- OK, now that you've tried to poison me, I think we should wrap this up.
- And so they give you a pill that poisons your kidneys and lowers your blood pressure.
- I hope it's good for you, but it could poison you.
- It's like putting poisoned, putting Agent Orange in your body.
Examples
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They poisoned the pizza.
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"I am looking for someone who poisoned an adult man by putting opium in his whiskey."
Fiction book (1993) -
I mix it with bread to poison the rats.
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We think we can get one of them to poison Castro.
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OK, now that you've tried to poison me, I think we should wrap this up.
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I may have inadvertently poisoned your children.
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He poisoned the water supply, bringing on the dark ages.
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In 1986, for example, more than 3,000 people in central Taiwan were poisoned by consuming PCB-contaminated rice.
Academic text (1994) -
The detective discovered that someone had attempted to poison the rival gang's food supply.
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It is illegal to poison a person's drink without their knowledge.
Synonyms
1
8.2
To make something poisonous by adding harmful things
To put poison into something to make it poisonous
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- NSFW
12
5.7
A harmful gas used as a weapon that can kill or make people very sick if they breathe it
- US
9
4.2
A climbing plant with three leaflets and white berries that causes an itchy rash when touched
- Jargon
3
7.9
To make it hard for another company to take control by making the company's shares less attractive
- US
3
6.5
A climbing or spreading plant with oak-like leaves that makes oil causing skin rash
- US
1
8.4
A North American shrub or small tree with white berries and an oil that causes a skin rash
- South African
An evergreen shrub or small tree from South Africa with poisonous sap used on hunting arrows
- Australian
An Australian evergreen shrub with bright yellow to red flowers that is poisonous to farm animals
- UK
A plant from Europe and Asia with white flowers, hairy leaves, and black berries that can make people sick
- South African
A medium-sized evergreen shrub or tree from South Africa with thick leaves and purplish black berries
- US
A North American swamp shrub with divided leaves and greenish-white berries that produces oil causing skin rashes
A climbing plant with three joined leaves and white berries that makes a skin rash when you touch it
A milkweed plant from the southwestern United States and Mexico that makes farm animals very sick
A tall plant with fernlike leaves and white flowers that can make animals or people very ill
- Australian
A plant from Australia with leaves and other parts that can make farm animals sick
- US
A wild plant whose bulbs look like wild onions and can make animals or people sick
A North American swamp shrub with greenish flowers and poisonous berries and oily parts that cause skin irritation
A poisonous shrub on the west coast of North America that causes an itchy skin rash when touched
How Toxic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Poison comes from the Latin word potio ('a drink') and is related to the English word potion, which was a liquid people gave to others; long ago this often meant a harmful drink. So to poison someone originally meant to give them a dangerous drink and now means to harm or kill by giving a harmful substance.