| NOUN | substance | poison, toxicant, poisonous substance | any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism |
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| attribute | poison | anything that harms or destroys | |
| VERB | social | poison | spoil as if by poison |
| contact | poison | kill with poison | |
| change | poison, envenom | add poison to | |
| contact | poison | kill / kill by its poison | |
| body | poison | administer poison to |
| Sounds | poy'zahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism. | |
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| Synonyms | toxicant, poisonous substance | |
| Narrower | atropine | A poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family |
| hyoscyamine | A poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine but more potent) | |
| toxin | A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species | |
| Broader | substance | A particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties |
| Spanish | ponzoña, tósigo, toxina, veneno | |
| Catalan | metzina, tòxic, verí | |
| Adjectives | poisonous | not safe to eat |
| Verbs | poison | add poison to |
| poison | kill with poison | |
| poison | kill / kill by its poison | |
| Meaning | Anything that harms or destroys. | |
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| Example | "the poison of fascism" | |
| Broader | destructiveness | The quality of causing destruction |
| Spanish | veneno | |
| Catalan | metzina, túixec, verí | |
| Adjectives | poisonous | marked by deep ill ... / ill will |
| poisonous | having the qualities or effects of a poison | |
| Verbs | poison | spoil as if by poison |
| Meaning | spoil as if by poison. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody | |
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| Broader | corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| Spanish | emponzoñar, enrarecer, envenenar | |
| Catalan | emmetzinar, enverinar | |
| Nouns | poison | anything that harms or destroys |
| Meaning | kill with poison. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to poison the prisoners | |
| Example | "She poisoned her husband" | |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Similar to | poison | kill / kill by its poison |
| Spanish | emponzoñar, envenenar, intoxicar | |
| Catalan | emmetzinar, enverinar, intoxicar | |
| Nouns | poison | any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism |
| poisoner | someone who kills with poison | |
| poisoning | the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill | |
| Meaning | add poison to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her" | |
| Synonym | envenom | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | emponzoñar, envenenar, intoxicar | |
| Catalan | emmetzinar, enverinar, intoxicar | |
| Nouns | poison | any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism |
| poisoning | the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill | |
| Meaning | kill / kill by its poison. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "This mushrooms can poison" | |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Similar to | poison | Administer poison to |
| poison | kill with poison | |
| Spanish | envenenar | |
| Nouns | poison | any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism |
| Meaning | Administer poison to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "She poisoned her husband but he did not die" | |
| Narrower | intoxicate | Have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug |
| Broader | drug, dose | Administer a drug to |
| Similar to | poison | kill / kill by its poison |
| Spanish | emponzoñar, envenenar, intoxicar | |
| Catalan | emmetzinar, enverinar, intoxicar | |
| Nouns | poisoning | the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill |
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