poison
1. any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
toxicant, poisonous substance
• Derivationally related forms:
poisonous
• Hypernyms:
substance
• Hyponyms:
atropine, hyoscyamine, toxin
2. anything that harms or destroys (Freq. 1)
- the poison of fascism
• Derivationally related forms:
poisonous
• Hypernyms:
destructiveness
1. spoil as if by poison (Freq. 3)
- poison someone's mind
- poison the atmosphere in the office
• Hypernyms:
corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise,
debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
2. kill with poison (Freq. 1)
- She poisoned her husband
• Derivationally related forms:
poisoner, poisoning
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to poison the prisoners
3. add poison to (Freq. 1)
- Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her
• Syn:
envenom
• Derivationally related forms:
poisoning
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. kill by its poison
- This mushrooms can poison
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
5. administer poison to
- She poisoned her husband but he did not die
• Derivationally related forms:
poisoning
• Hypernyms:
drug, dose
• Hyponyms:
intoxicate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
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