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Toxicant
01
a chemical substance that is harmful or poisonous to living organisms
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
toxicants
Examples
The chemical spill released a potent toxicant into the river, endangering aquatic life and contaminating drinking water.
toxicant
01
capable of causing harm through toxic effects
Grammatical Information
Composition
Complex
qualitative
Superlative
most toxicant
Comparative
more toxicant
gradable
Examples
The toxicant compound proved highly unstable and toxic when heated, posing a serious fire hazard.
Lexical Tree
intoxicant
toxicant
toxic
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