poison

Plural: poisons

Noun

• any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
• anything that harms or destroys
  • "the poison of fascism"
• A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
• Anything harmful to a person or thing.
• An alcoholic drink. (Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?")
• Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.

Verb

Verb Forms: poisoned, poisoning, poisons

• To administer a substance capable of causing harm or death.
• spoil as if by poison
  • "poison someone's mind"
  • "poison the atmosphere in the office"
• kill with poison
  • "She poisoned her husband"
• add poison to
  • "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"
• kill by its poison
  • "This mushrooms can poison"
• administer poison to
  • "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
• 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.

Examples

• Gossip is a malicious poison.
• He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.
• His opponent tried to ’POISON’ the board by playing only short, low-scoring words.
• She's poisoned him against all his old friends.
• Suspicion will poison their relationship.
• That factory is poisoning the river.
• The assassin poisoned the king.
• We used a poison to kill the weeds.
• — What's your poison? — I'll have a glass of whiskey.

Synonyms

envenom, poisonous substance, toxicant, atter, bane, contaminant, contaminate, corrupt, pollutant, pollute, taint, toxin

Anagrams of poison