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poison

noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪ.zən/
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  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈpoj.zən/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈpoɪ.zən/
  • rhymes with -ɔɪzən
  • CMU ARPABET: P OY1 Z AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonym: (loosely) venom
  • We used a poison to kill the weeds.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: atter, bane, contaminant, pollutant, toxin

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Anything harmful to a person or thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

Examples

  • Gossip is a malicious poison.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An alcoholic drink. (Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?")

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable

Examples

  • — What's your poison? — I'll have a glass of whiskey.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The assassin poisoned the king.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • That factory is poisoning the river.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: contaminate, pollute, taint

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To cause to become much worse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Suspicion will poison their relationship.
  • He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corrupt, taint

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • She's poisoned him against all his old friends.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To inhibit the catalytic activity of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To place false or malicious data into (a cache, etc.) as part of an exploit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

anything that harms or destroys

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the poison of fascism

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: destructiveness

12

noun

Meaning 12

any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: toxicant, poisonous substance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: substance

Narrower terms: atropine, hyoscyamine, toxin

13

verb

Meaning 13

administer poison to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She poisoned her husband but he did not die

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drug, dose

Narrower terms: intoxicate

14

verb

Meaning 14

add poison to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: envenom

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

15

verb

Meaning 15

kill with poison

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She poisoned her husband

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: kill

16

verb

Meaning 16

kill by its poison

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This mushrooms can poison

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: kill

17

verb

Meaning 17

spoil as if by poison

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • poison someone's mind
  • poison the atmosphere in the office

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect

History

Etymology

From Middle English poysoun, poyson, pusoun, from Old French poison, poisun, from Latin pōtiōnem (“drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”), from pōtō (“to drink”). See also potion and potable (from the same root). Mostly displaced native Old English ātor. See more at atter.

Across languages

Translations

448 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ашҳам (aŝḥam) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Acehnese: racôn — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Acehnese: bisa — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Afrikaans: gif — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ainu: スㇽク (surku) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Albanian: helm — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Albanian: zeher — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Northern Altai: дьем (dʹyem) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Southern Altai: корон (koron) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Southern Altai: оо (oo) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Amharic: መርዝ (märz) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Arabic: سُمّ (summ) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Arabic: سَمّ (samm) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Armenian: թույն (tʻuyn) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Old Armenian: թոյն (tʻoyn) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Old Armenian: ժահր (žahr) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Aromanian: virin (roa-rup) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ashkun: ios — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Assamese: বিহ (bih) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Asturian: venenu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Avar: загрьу (zagrju) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Azerbaijani: zəhər — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Azerbaijani: ağı — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Balinese: cetik — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Bashkir: ағыу (ağıw) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Basque: pozoi — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Belarusian: атру́та (atrúta) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Bengali: বিষ (biś) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Bengali: জহর (johor) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Central Bikol: hudong — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Central Bikol: hilo (Naga) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Bouyei: iel — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Breton: ampoezon — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Bulgarian: отро́ва (otróva) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Burmese: အဆိပ် (a.hcip) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Catalan: verí — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Catalan: metzina — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Cebuano: hilo — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Chechen: дӏовш (dˀovš) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Chinese Cantonese: 毒 (duk6) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Chinese Cantonese: 毒物 (duk6 mat6) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Chinese Cantonese: 毒藥 /毒药 (duk6 joek6) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒 (dú) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒物 (dúwù) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒藥 /毒药 (dúyào) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Min Nan Chinese: 毒 — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Chuvash: наркӑмӑш (nark̬ămăš) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • West Circassian: щынаут (śənawut) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Cornish: venym — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Cornish: poyson — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Cornish: gwenyn — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Corsican: velenu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Crimean Tatar: zeer — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Czech: jed — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Danish: gift — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Dhivehi: ވިހަ (viha) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Dutch: gif — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Dutch: vergif — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Dutch: vergift — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Elfdalian: djipt — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Erzya: яд (jad) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Erzya: куловтомка (kulovtomka) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Esperanto: veneno — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Estonian: mürk — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Faroese: gift — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Faroese: eitur — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Finnish: myrkky — substance harmful to a living organism
  • French: poison — substance harmful to a living organism
  • West-Frisian: fergif — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Friulian: velen — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Friulian: tuessin — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Gagauz: zihir — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Galician: veleno — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Galician: pezoña — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Galician: pezoia — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Georgian: შხამი (šxami) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Georgian: საწამლავი (sac̣amlavi) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • German: Gift — substance harmful to a living organism
  • German: Giftstoff — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌲𐌹𐍆 (ingif) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Greek: δηλητήριο (dilitírio) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Greek: φαρμάκι (farmáki) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ancient Greek: ἰός (iós) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Greenlandic: toqunartoq — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Gujarati: ઝેર (jher) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Hebrew: רַעַל (rá'al) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Hebrew: סַם (sam) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Hindi: बिस (bis) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Hindi: विष (viṣ) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Hindi: ज़हर (zahar) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Hindi: हलाहल (halāhal) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Hungarian: méreg — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Icelandic: eitur — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ido: toxiko — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ido: veneno — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Indonesian: racun — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Indonesian: bisa — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ingrian: jaadu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ingrian: moru — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ingrian: myrkky — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Interlingua: veneno — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Interlingua: toxico — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Irish: nimh — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Istriot: vanen — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Italian: veleno — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Japanese: 毒 (doku) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Javanese: wisa — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Javanese: racun — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Old Javanese: wisa — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Jingpho: tuk — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Jingpho: ntuk — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Jingpho: ningtuk — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Kamkata-viri: viš — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Kannada: ನಂಜು (nañju) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Kannada: ವಿಷ (viṣa) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Karaim: ahu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • S'gaw Karen: စုၣ် (sù) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Kashubian: trecézna — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Kashubian: jôd — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Kazakh: у (u) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Kazakh: зәр (zär) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Khakas: оо (oo) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Khmer: ថ្នាំពុល (thnam pul) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Komi-Permyak: яд (jad) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Kongo: misa — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Korean: 독 (dok) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Middle Korean: ᄂᆞ올 (nowol) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Kunigami: 酔 (ui) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Kunigami: 毒 (duku) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Central Kurdish: دەرمانخوارد (dermanixward) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Central Kurdish: ژەھر (jehir) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Northern Kurdish: jehr — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Northern Kurdish: jar — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Kyrgyz: уу (uu) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ladin: tuesse — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ladino: veneno — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ladino: tosigo — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ladino: intusedju (Monastir) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Lao: ຢາພິດ (yā phit) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Latin: venēnum — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Latin: toxicum — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Latvian: inde — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Laz: ჩხამი (çxami) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Lithuanian: nuodai — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Lithuanian: nuodas — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Livonian: vijā — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Lower Tanana: tr'ontlagayi — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Luxembourgish: Gëft — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Macedonian: отров (otrov) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Maguindanao: bisa — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Malagasy: poizina — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Malay: racun — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Malayalam: വിഷം (viṣaṁ) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Malayalam: നച്ചം (naccaṁ) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Malayalam: തീമ്പ് (tīmpŭ) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Maltese: velenu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Maltese: semm — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Mansaka: gamot — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Manx: pyshoon — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Manx: nieu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Māori: huarua — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Māori: paitini — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Maranao: gamot — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Marathi: विष (viṣ) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Eastern Mari: яд (jad) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Eastern Mari: аяр (ajar) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Marshallese: baijin — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Middle English: poysoun — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Minangkabau: racun — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Mingrelian: შხამი (šxami) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Mingrelian: ჟღამი (žɣami) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Miyako: 酔 (bivu) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Miyako: 毒 (duku) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Mongolian: хор (xor) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Classical Nahuatl: tlapahhuilōni — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Nanai: гу (gu) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gift — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gift — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Nǀuu: gǀhoqa — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Nǀuu: gǀqhoqa — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Occitan: poison — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ojibwe: bichibowin — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Okinawan: 毒 (duku) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Church Slavic: ꙗдъ (jadŭ) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Old East Slavic: ядъ (jadŭ) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Old English: ātor — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Oromo: summii — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ossetian: марг (marg) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Pali: visa — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Pannonian Rusyn: отров (otrov) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Pashto: زهر (zahar) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Dari: زَهْر (zahr) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Iranian Persian: زَهْر (zahr) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Plautdietsch: Jeft — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Polish: trucizna — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Polish: jad — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Portuguese: veneno — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Portuguese: tóxico — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Prasuni: ūšu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Quechua: miyu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Rohingya: bic — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Romagnol: vlén — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Romanian: otravă — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Romanian: venin — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Romansh: tissi — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Romansh: teissa — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Romansh: tössi — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Russian: яд (jad) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Russian: отра́ва (otráva) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Saanich: T̸EXTEN — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Kildin-Sami: сулльм (sull’m) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Northern Sami: mirko — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Sanskrit: विष (viṣa) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Scots: pushion — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Scottish Gaelic: nimh — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Scottish Gaelic: puinnsean — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀тров — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Serbo-Croatian: òtrov — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Sherpa: དུག (dug) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Shor: оо (oo) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Sicilian: vilenu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Sinhalese: වස (wasa) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Sinhalese: විෂ (wiṣa) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Sinhalese: විස (wisa) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Sinhalese: වහ (waha) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Slovak: jed — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Slovene: strup — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Somali: sun — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Lower Sorbian: gad — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Upper Sorbian: jěd — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Spanish: veneno — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Spanish: ponzoña — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Svan: შხა̈მ (šxäm) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Swahili: sumu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Swedish: gift — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Sylheti: ꠛꠤꠡ (biś) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tabasaran: зегьер (zeher) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tagalog: lason — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tajik: заҳр (zahr) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tamil: விடம் (viṭam) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tamil: நஞ்சு (nañcu) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tangut: 𗀀 — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Taos: benę̀nuʼúne — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tatar: агу (ağu) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tausug: lachûn — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tausug: bisa — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Telugu: విషము (viṣamu) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Thai: พิษ (pít) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Thai: ยาพิษ (yaa-pít) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Thai: ยาเบื่อ (yaa-bʉ̀ʉa) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tibetan: དུག (dug) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tocharian A: wäs — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tocharian B: wase — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tok Pisin: marasin nogut — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Turkish: zehir — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Turkish: ağı — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ottoman Turkish: اغو (ağu) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ottoman Turkish: زهر (zehr) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ottoman Turkish: سم (sem) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوت (ot) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Turkmen: zäher — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Tuvan: оо (oo) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Udmurt: яд (jad) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ukrainian: отру́та (otrúta) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Ukrainian: отру́я (otrúja) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Urdu: زَہْر (zahr) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Urdu: ہَلاہَل (halāhal) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Uyghur: زەھەر (zeher) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Uzbek: ogʻu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Uzbek: zahar — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Venetan: tòssego — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Vietnamese: chất độc — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Vietnamese: thuốc độc — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Vietnamese: độc — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Volapük: venen — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Votic: jaadu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Waigali: viš — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Walloon: pwezon — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Welsh: gwenwyn — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Woiwurrung: dhandel — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Yaeyama: 酔 (byūrï) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Yaeyama: 毒 (duku) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Yakut: дьаат (jaat) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Yiddish: סם (sam) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Yiddish: גיפֿט (gift) — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Zhuang: doeg — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Zhuang: yw — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Zulu: isihlungu — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Zulu: ubuthi — substance harmful to a living organism
  • ǃXóõ: ǁāã — substance harmful to a living organism
  • ǃXóõ: sòo — substance harmful to a living organism
  • Catalan: verí — something that harms
  • Catalan: metzina — something that harms
  • Czech: jed — something that harms
  • Greek: δηλητήριο (dilitírio) — something that harms
  • Marshallese: baijin — something that harms
  • Middle English: poysoun — something that harms
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gift — something that harms
  • Sanskrit: विष (viṣa) — something that harms
  • Scottish Gaelic: nimh — something that harms
  • Turkish: zıkkım — something that harms
  • Turkish: ağı — something that harms
  • Greek: ποτό (potó) — liquor
  • Slovak: jed — liquor
  • Turkish: zıkkım — liquor
  • Arabic: سَمَّمَ (sammama) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Arabic: سَمَّ (samma) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Armenian: թունավորել (tʻunavorel) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Aromanian: nvirinedz — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Aromanian: virinedz — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Aromanian: nfarmãc — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Aromanian: ncioamir — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Bashkir: ағыулау (ağıwlaw) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Belarusian: атру́чваць (atrúčvacʹ) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Belarusian: атру́ціць (atrúcicʹ) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Central Bikol: hudong — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Breton: ampoezoniñ — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Bulgarian: тровя (trovja) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Bulgarian: отравям (otravjam) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Catalan: emmetzinar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Catalan: enverinar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒害 (dúhài) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒死 (dúsǐ) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒殺 /毒杀 (dúshā) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Cornish: posnya — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Cornish: venyma — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Cornish: gwenyna — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Crimean Tatar: zeerlemek — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Czech: otrávit — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Czech: trávit — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Danish: forgifte — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Dutch: vergiftigen — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Esperanto: veneni — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Estonian: mürgitama — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Faroese: eitra — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Finnish: myrkyttää — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • French: empoisonner — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Friulian: velenâ — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Friulian: intosseâ — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Georgian: წამლავს (c̣amlavs) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • German: vergiften — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Greek: δηλητηριάζω (dilitiriázo) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Greek: φαρμακώνω (farmakóno) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Hungarian: megmérgez — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Icelandic: eitra — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Ido: venenagar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Indonesian: meracuni — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Interlingua: invenenar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Interlingua: intoxicar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Irish: nimhigh — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Italian: avvelenare — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Italian: intossicare — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Japanese: 毒殺する (dokusatsu suru) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Japanese: 毒害する (dokugai suru) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Kazakh: заһарлау (zaharlau) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Korean: 독살하다 (doksalhada) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Northern Kurdish: jehr kirin — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Northern Kurdish: jehr dan — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Latin: venēnō — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Latvian: noindēt — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Lithuanian: nuodyti — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Māori: paitini — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Marshallese: baijin — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Mongolian: хордуулах (xorduulax) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Classical Nahuatl: pahmictiā — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Neapolitan: ntussecà — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Occitan: verenar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Occitan: verinejar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Old English: ǣtrian — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Polish: truć — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Polish: zatruwać — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Polish: otruć — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Portuguese: envenenar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Portuguese: empeçonhar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Portuguese: intoxicar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Quechua: miyuy — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Romanian: otrăvi — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Romanian: învenina — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Romanian: intoxica — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Russian: отравля́ть (otravljátʹ) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Russian: трави́ть (travítʹ) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Russian: отрави́ть (otravítʹ) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Scots: pushion — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Serbo-Croatian: тровати — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Serbo-Croatian: отровати — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Serbo-Croatian: trovati — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Serbo-Croatian: otrovati — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Sicilian: avvilinari — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Sicilian: abbilinari — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Slovak: otráviť — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Spanish: emponzoñar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Spanish: aponzoñar (disused) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Swedish: förgifta — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Tày: bưa — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Thai: วางยา — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Thai: เบื่อ (bʉ̀ʉa) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Turkish: zehirlemek — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Turkish: ağılamak — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Ukrainian: отру́ювати (otrújuvaty) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Ukrainian: тру́їти (trújity) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Ukrainian: отру́їти (otrújity) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Venetan: invełenar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Venetan: inverinar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Venetan: intosegar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Venetan: tosegar — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Volapük: venenön — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Welsh: gwenwyno — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרסמען (farsamen) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרגיפֿטן (fargiftn) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Yiddish: סמען (samen) — to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate
  • Bashkir: ағыулау (ağıwlaw) — pollute
  • Catalan: emmetzinar — pollute
  • Catalan: enverinar — pollute
  • Czech: otrávit — pollute
  • Faroese: dálka — pollute
  • Greek: μολύνω (molýno) — pollute
  • Hungarian: mérgez — pollute
  • Hungarian: károsít — pollute
  • Irish: truailligh — pollute
  • Latvian: saindēt — pollute
  • Māori: whakaparu — pollute
  • Marshallese: baijin — pollute
  • Russian: отравля́ть (otravljátʹ) — pollute
  • Russian: трави́ть (travítʹ) — pollute
  • Russian: отрави́ть (otravítʹ) — pollute
  • Scots: pushion — pollute
  • Slovak: otráviť — pollute
  • Welsh: gwenwyno — pollute
  • Bulgarian: развалям (razvaljam) — make worse
  • Catalan: emmetzinar — make worse
  • Catalan: enverinar — make worse
  • Czech: otrávit — make worse
  • Greek: δηλητηριάζω (dilitiriázo) — make worse
  • Hungarian: mérgez — make worse
  • Hungarian: megmérgez — make worse
  • Hungarian: árt — make worse
  • Hungarian: elmérgesít — make worse
  • Hungarian: károsít — make worse
  • Hungarian: megmételyez — make worse
  • Hungarian: megfertőz — make worse
  • Hungarian: megront — make worse
  • Irish: truailligh — make worse
  • Latvian: samaitāt — make worse
  • Russian: отравля́ть (otravljátʹ) — make worse
  • Russian: отрави́ть (otravítʹ) — make worse
  • Scots: pushion — make worse
  • Slovak: otráviť — make worse
  • Turkish: zehirlemek — make worse
Real reading context

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