toxic
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈtɒksɪk/
:
sustancia tóxica
- The government agencies and their scientific experts worked to contain the problem by denying the link with toxics.
- air toxics
- exposure to toxics
- regulation of toxics
Examples
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Indeed, a national survey of local toxics organizations found that activists express support for scientists as important sources of knowledge.
Academic text (1993) -
Rhode Island already has one of the few risk-based air toxics regulations in the country.
Academic text (1990) -
Such sources would be subject to existing state air toxics programs, if applicable.
Academic text (2001) -
Permits are also required for any source subject to the air toxics regulations and all sources subject to new source performance standards.
Academic text (1992) -
Such a program could achieve at least a 60 percent reduction in toxics released and might result in significant cost savings as well.
Academic text (1990) -
In effect, that decision brought the entire air toxics program to a halt until the 1990 Amendments were adopted.
Academic text (1992) -
The programs vary, but they have focused on addressing air toxics through ambient air levels, control technology standards, and risk assessment.
Academic text (2001) -
A strategy called toxics use reduction (TUR) planning can address some of these problems.
Academic text (2007) -
The program also required reductions in another class of pollutants known as air toxics.
Academic text (1998) -
The chemical spill released toxics that harmed local wildlife and contaminated the water supply.
Synonyms
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2.1
A substance that makes people, animals, or plants very ill and can cause death
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5.3
A poisonous substance that some animals, plants, or bacteria make
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9.9
Harmful chemicals that can make people sick
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3.5
Poisonous materials people throw away that can harm health or nature
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5.7
A harmful gas used as a weapon that can kill or make people very sick if they breathe it
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7.9
A poisonous substance made by a living thing like a plant, animal, or germ
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4.4
A substance that can cause harm to people, animals, or the environment
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4.4
Something that can cause serious harm or death when swallowed, touched and breathed
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9.5
A poisonous substance that can harm people and animals
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4.6
Poison from an animal, like a snake or frog, that can kill people
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7.9
A substance that kills or damages cells
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4.7
Poisonous waste from factories that can harm people and nature
A poison some bacteria make and send out from their cells
A poisonous substance made by a plant that can harm animals or crops
A poison made by a plant that can harm people or animals
A poison that animals make, for example snake or jellyfish venom
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.7
A rare dangerous illness from bacteria causing high fever, rash, low blood pressure and organ problems linked to tampon use
- Specialized
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5.5
A rare dangerous illness from bacteria causing high fever, rash, and low blood pressure, often linked to tampon use
- Specialized
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4.7
Poisonous waste from factories that can harm people and nature
- Specialized
A place where people dump poisonous materials that must be cleaned because they can harm people or nature
- Specialized
A place where people dump poisonous waste, often illegally or unsafely
How Toxic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Toxic as a noun comes from the same old Greek toxikon, 'poison for arrows', and is the root of the common word toxin. So a toxic is a 'poison' or harmful substance that can damage people, animals, or the environment.