poison

poison
poi•son
[[t]ˈpɔɪ zən[/t]] n.
1) pha a substance that has an inherent tendency to destroy life or impair health
2) something harmful or pernicious, as to happiness or well-being
3) to administer poison to (a person or animal)
4) pat to kill or injure with or as if with poison
5) to put poison into or upon; saturate with poison
6) to ruin, vitiate, or corrupt:
Hatred had poisoned their minds[/ex]
7) chem. Chem. to destroy or diminish the activity of (a catalyst or enzyme)
8) poisonous:
a poison shrub[/ex]
Etymology: 1200–50; ME puisun < OF < L pōtiōnem, acc. of pōtiō drink, potion poi′son•er, n. syn: poison, toxin, venom are terms for any substance that injures the health or destroys life when absorbed into the system. poison is the general word: a poison for insects. A toxin is a poison produced by an organism; it is esp. used in medicine in reference to disease-causing bacterial secretions: A toxin produces diphtheria. venom is esp. used of the poisons injected by bite, sting, etc.: snake venom; bee venom.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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