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poison
/ˈpɔɪ.zən/
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What does poison mean?
noun
- A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
- (figuratively) Anything harmful to a person or thing.
- (informal) An alcoholic drink. (Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?")
More meanings (7)
noun
- Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.
verb
- To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
- To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
- To cause to become much worse.
- To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
- To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
- To place false or malicious data into (a cache, etc.) as part of an exploit.
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IPA pronunciation
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These he had boiled down into a yellow liquid quite unknown to science, which was probably the most virulent poison in existence.
Murder was not tolerated, servants were not slaves, and neither poison nor sleeping potions to be procured, like rhubarb, from every druggist.
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I will not dwell upon the final scene in the poison cellars lest I be accused of accumulating horror for horror's sake.
When Perrotte died he and M. Revault, his confrere, thought the cause of death would be seen as poison in an autopsy.
In fact, arrangements were too often made which simply “laid on” poison to bed-rooms just as gas or water was laid on.