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noxious

/ˈnɑkʃəs/

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What does noxious mean?

adjective

  1. Harmful; injurious.

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/ˈnɑkʃəs/

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Learn also scented cedar-wood to burn Within the stalls, and snakes of noxious smell With fumes of galbanum to drive away.
VirgilThe GeorgicsTranslated by James RhoadesProject Gutenberg ebook #232
Even the brushwood is an imported fruit-tree, namely, the guava, which from its abundance has become as noxious as a weed.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
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In this way, what might at first be dangerous becomes harmless, because the preliminary boiling and rinsing have removed the noxious elements.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of AutobiographyTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3422
Ozone is a disinfectant, like other bleaching agents, and serves to clear the air of noxious gases and germs of infectious diseases.
Rufus P. (Rufus Phillips) WilliamsAn Introduction to Chemical ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #3708
Then, as she stoops to pluck the noxious weed from off the sod, a tear will fall, and consecrate the spot to Charity.
Mrs. RowsonCharlotte TempleProject Gutenberg ebook #171