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Poison

noun

Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism. Synonyms: poisonous substance, toxicant.

Anything that harms or destroys.

verb

(past & past part. poisoned; pres. part. poisoning)

Spoil as if by poison. "Poison the atmosphere in the office"

Kill with poison.

Add poison to. Synonym: envenom.

Kill by its poison.

Administer poison to.

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"Poison" Quotes from Famous Books

... if ever I break you, somebody will have a very bad time of it. No, she won't. I"d be as big a fool about her as I am now. I'll poison that red-haired girl on my wedding-day,—she's unwholesome,—and now I'll pass on these ...

— The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling

... friendly way, to say as much to Sir Anthony, when, as he crossed the drawbridge, he stumbled over the corpse of his ancient enemy—well, the retainers had no sooner made mincemeat of him, than they perceived that Sir Anthony was lying with an open bottle in his hand, and that he had taken poison.' ...

— The Three Clerks • Anthony Trollope

... life in our despair, Vitality of poison,—a quick root Which feeds these deadly branches; for it were As nothing did we die; but Life will suit Itself to Sorrow's most detested fruit, Like to the apples on the Dead Sea's shore,[7.B.] All ashes to the taste: Did man compute Existence by enjoyment, and count o'er Such hours ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2 • George Gordon Byron

... keeping alive in his simple mind a burning sense of an irreparable wrong. Maybe, maybe. But I would say that she poured half of her vengeful soul into the strong clay of that man, as you may pour intoxication, madness, poison into an empty cup. ...

— A Set of Six • Joseph Conrad

... over to his side. I knew, when he took you down to the end of the room, where I could hear nothing, that he was going to poison ...

— The Hoyden • Mrs. Hungerford

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