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• n  the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance
• n  the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
• v  spoil as if by poison
• v  kill with poison
• v  add poison to
• v  kill by its poison
• v  administer poison to

• The latest mine disasters have focused attention once again on the perils of coal mining--especially the risk of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
• Guiyu, China breaks down much of the world's discarded electronics, slowly poisoning itself in the processPhotographs by Chien-min Chung Reportage by Getty.
• While reporting for my book Binge, I witnessed the hospitalization of several students for acute alcohol poisoning.

• toxic condition
• intoxication
• poison
• envenom

News & Articles

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• Nine suffer c-o poisoning at Wisconsin Dells hotel
  Three people were rushed to Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee and six others were treated and released from carbon monoxide poisoning at a Lake Delton hotel Friday night.
  June 15, 2013 - TMJ4 Milwaukee
• Police officer: Monroe cops were familiar with couple when husband died of thallium poisoning
  Tianle Li is on trial in New Brunswick, accused of poisoning her husband, who died in January 2011.
  June 15, 2013 - The Star-Ledger
• Coffee Poisoning: Doctor Charged With Assault
  A Houston doctor is accused of poisoning her lover’s coffee with a chemical found in antifreeze, but claims she’s totally innocent. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, an oncologist specializing in breast cancer, allegedly dosed Dr. George Blumenschein’s coffee with the chemical and …
  June 11, 2013 - WebProNews

Quotes

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• Micah Richards in The Sun
  Last night Micah told The Sun: "At first I thought it was a really bad chest infection, or maybe alcohol poisoning. I felt so weak that I couldn't move or eat. My friends had to bring me drinks in bed. When I was told I had swine flu all sorts of...
• Cito Gaston in TSN
  They're still sick, just weak,said manager Cito Gaston. "They've both had IVs and all that kind of stuff. We're thinking it's food (poisoning), we're not really sure. Food or some sort of virus."
• Barack Obama in International Herald Tribune
  I applaud Congress' overwhelming bipartisan passage of this important bill, which will protect millions of the world's vulnerable citizens, particularly pregnant women and children, from the deadly threat of mercury poisoning,Obama said in a...