Poison

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1. Noun

Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases.

2. Noun

That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.

3. Noun

To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink.

4. Noun

To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to.

5. Noun

To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind.

6. Verb

To act as, or convey, a poison.

7. Noun

anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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