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Meaning of poison

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  poison
      n 1: any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a
           living organism [syn: {poison}, {toxicant}, {poisonous
           substance}]
      2: anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"
      v 1: spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the
           atmosphere in the office"
      2: kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband"
      3: add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to
         kill her" [syn: {poison}, {envenom}]
      4: kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can poison"
      5: administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did
         not die"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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