poison

[US]/ˈpɔɪzn/
[UK]/ˈpɔɪzn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to make someone or something become sick or die by giving them poison; to harm or corrupt; to contaminate; to hinder
vi. to administer poison; to contaminate
n. a substance that can cause illness or death; something harmful or destructive
adj. containing poison; toxic

Phrases & Collocations

poisonous plant

poison control center

deadly poison

poison gas

rat poison

poison pill

poison ivy

food poison

blood poison

Example Sentences

the poison is soluble in alcohol.

they use poison to exterminate moles.

suck poison out of a wound

poison for killing weeds

Here are their lethal poison nippers.

to poison the friendship of

poisoning arrows; poisoned the drink.

an outbreak of food poisoning

drink poison to quench one's thrist

poison a person's mind against sb.

Jealousy poisoned their friendship.

The farmer poisoned the rats.

chemicals poisoning the lake;

I'm not eating that poison!

There are traces of poison in the fish.

They fired poisoned arrows at us.

indeterminable traces of poison; indeterminable assets.

Real-world Examples

Wash the poison from off my skin.

Source: Popular singles by Linkin Park

Don't take that horrible stuff. It's poison, it's poison.

Source: Brave New World

" It's not poison? " said Harry anxiously.

Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Just remember the dose is the poison.

Source: Asap SCIENCE Selection

" Poisoned? Who could have poisoned it" ?

Source: Peter Pan

" But how did she poison herself" ?

Source: Madame Bovary (Part Two)

Throw it all away, that horrible poison.

Source: Brave New World

But why would they poison the crew?

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

And it's basically poison for our brain.

Source: Cambridge top student book sharing

And avoid using chemical poisons to kill insects.

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

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