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• poison — [n] substance that causes harm, death adulteration, bacteria, bane, blight, cancer, contagion, contamination, corruption, germ, infection, malignancy, miasma, toxicant, toxin, toxoid, venin, venom, virus; concepts 307,475,674,675 Ant. antidote… …   New thesaurus

• Poison — This article is about the type of substance. For other uses, see Poison (disambiguation). The EU s standard toxic symbol, as defined by Directive 67/548/EEC. The skull and crossbones has long been a standard symbol for poison. In the context of… …   Wikipedia

• poison — poisoner, n. poisonless, adj. poisonlessness, n. /poy zeuhn/, n. 1. a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health. 2. something harmful or pernicious, as to happiness or well being: the poison of slander. 3.… …   Universalium

• Poison gas in World War I — The use of poison gas in World War I was a major military innovation. The gases ranged from disabling chemicals, such as tear gas and the severe mustard gas, to lethal agents like phosgene and chlorine. This chemical warfare was a major component …   Wikipedia

• Poison Ivy (comics) — For other uses of Poison ivy , see Poison ivy (disambiguation). Poison Ivy Promotional art for Batman: Gotham Knights #15 cover. Brian Bolland, artist. Publication information …   Wikipedia

• poison — n. 1) to administer, give (a) poison 2) to swallow, take poison 3) (a) lethal; slow; strong poison 4) rat poison (to spread rat poison) * * * [ pɔɪz(ə)n] give (a) poison slow strong poison take poison (a) lethal to administer …   Combinatory dictionary

• poison frog — ▪ amphibian also called  poison dart frog  or  poison arrow frog   any of approximately 180 species of New World frogs (frog) characterized by the ability to produce extremely poisonous skin secretions (secretion). Poison frogs inhabit the… …   Universalium

• poison — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ potent, powerful, strong, virulent ▪ deadly, lethal ▪ pure (usually figurative) …   Collocations dictionary

• lethal — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ADVERB ▪ absolutely, highly (esp. AmE) ▪ All these drugs are highly lethal. ▪ potentia …   Collocations dictionary

• poison — 1. noun /ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/ a) A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism. We used a poison to kill the weeds. b) Something that harms a person or thing. Gossip is a malicious poison. Syn …   Wiktionary

• deadly poison — lethal poison, substance which is very likely to cause death …   English contemporary dictionary