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• n  any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
• n  anything that harms or destroys
  the poison of fascism
• v  spoil as if by poison
  poison someone's mind
  poison the atmosphere in the office
• v  kill with poison
  She poisoned her husband
• v  add poison to
  Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her
• v  kill by its poison
  This mushrooms can poison
• v  administer poison to
  She poisoned her husband but he did not die

• During the winters of 1897, 1902, 1911 and last week Belgians experienced the dread phenomenon of "poison fog.
• Glass splinters, apparently from poison ampoules, were found in the mouths of both bodies.
• If city streets were filled with an invisible, slow-working poison, touched and breathed by every passerby, so that vast portions of the population lost the use of some of .

• toxicant
• poisonous substance
• envenom

News & Articles

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• Poison lead singer Bret Michaels to rock Shreveport
  Bret Michaels, the lead singer for the 80s metal band Poison, will rock out in Shreveport Tuesday July 2.
  June 12, 2013 - The Shreveport Times
• Poison hemlock sparks concerns in Lancaster County
  Poison hemlock — yes, the plant that was used to execute Socrates — is exploding across Lancaster County, worrying livestock owners, parents and naturalists.The highly poisonous herb is another one of those non-native plants brought to the United States because it looked pretty, but it i...
  June 10, 2013 - Lancaster Online
• Poison hemlock sparks concerns here
  Poison hemlock — yes, the plant that was used to execute Socrates — is exploding across Lancaster County, worrying livestock owners, parents and naturalists.The highly poisonous herb is another one of those non-native plants brought to the United States because it looked pretty, but it i...
  June 10, 2013 - Lancaster Online

Quotes

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• Patrick Fitzgerald in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  US Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said the verdict represented "an antidote to the poison of corruption" that trial testimony alleged included the fixing of state boards that controlled a $40 billion pension fund and made major decisions about...
• Javed Hashmi in International Herald Tribune
  This IMF loan the government is getting is in fact poison, and the nation has been forced to drink it,said Javed Hashmi, an aide to opposition leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
• Mitt Romney in Washington Post
  It's time to stop the spread of government dependency to fight it like the poison it is. It's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother,former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney said in prepared remarks. "We need...