poison

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Synonyms: porson, prison, foison, polson, pogson, poisson, toison, pison, poision, poson

Antonyms: porson, prison, foison, polson, pogson, poisson, toison, pison, poision, poson

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Noun

1. A [[substance]] that is [[harmful]] or [[lethal]] to a living organism when ingested.
2. {{lb|en|figuratively}} Anything [[harmful]] to a person or thing.
3. {{lb|en|informal|idiomatic}} An [[alcoholic]] [[drink]]. (Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?")
4. {{lb|en|chemistry}} Any substance that [[inhibit]]s [[catalytic]] [[activity]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To use poison to [[kill]] or [[paralyse]] (somebody).
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[pollute]]; to cause to become [[poisonous]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to become much [[worse]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause (someone) to [[hate]] or to have [[unfair]] [[negative]] [[opinion]]s.
5. {{lb|en|chemistry}} To [[inhibit]] the [[catalytic]] [[activity]] of.
6. {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To place [[false]] or [[malicious]] [[data]] into (a [[cache]], etc.) as part of an [[exploit]].

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