āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
Poison
01
āĻŦāĻŋāώ, āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§
a deadly substance that can kill or seriously harm if it enters the body
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She accidentally ingested poison after mistaking it for medication.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻŦāĻļāϤ āĻāώā§āϧ āĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāώ āĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻĢā§āϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāώ, āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻžāĻā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĨ
anything that harms or destroys
to poison
01
āĻŦāĻŋāώ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāώ āĻĻā§āϤā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž
to give a substance containing toxins or harmful elements to a person or animal with the intention of causing illness, harm, or death
Transitive: to poison a person or animal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The evil queen in the fairy tale poisoned the princess with a bad apple.
āĻĒāϰā§āϰ āĻāϞā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻĻā§āώā§āĻ āϰāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻĒā§āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϰāĻžāĻāĻāύā§āϝāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāώ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāώ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āύāώā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to have a harmful or destructive effect on someone or something
Transitive: to poison sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His bitterness toward others seemed to poison his every interaction.
āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϤāϤāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨāϏā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻžāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻŋāώ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāώ āĻĻā§āϤā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž
(of a person) to put a harmful or deadly substance into food, drink, or a weapon in order to hurt or kill
Transitive: to poison sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Someone poisoned the food at the party.
āĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāώ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻŦāĻŋāώ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to make land, water, air, or other natural areas unsafe and harmful by spreading dangerous chemicals or substances
Transitive: to poison sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The factory poisoned the river with waste.
āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāύāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϰā§āĻā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āύāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻžāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
poisonous
poison
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