Noun
- 1. poison, toxicant, poisonous substance, substance
- usage: any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
- 2. poison, destructiveness
- usage: anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"
Verb
- 1. poison, corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
- usage: spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office"
- 2. poison, kill
- usage: kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband"
- 3. poison, envenom, change, alter, modify
- usage: add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"
- 4. poison, kill
- usage: kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can poison"
- 5. poison, drug, dose
- usage: administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
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