as in poisonous
containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing
leaving poisoned food to try to kill the roaches
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as in tainted
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable
poisoning the minds of impressionable children with ethnic hatred
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as in polluted
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
exhaust fumes poisoning the air
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as in degraded
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
this party partisanship poisons the national debate we should be having about this urgent problem
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as in turned
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
malicious rumors had poisoned many church members against the new pastor
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Recent Examples of poisoned
Steve Wilson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Haunting pictures of rows of small bodies covered in white sheets—some of the 400 children who were poisoned in the attack—became emblematic of the Assad regime’s cruelty.
—Gregory D. Koblentz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2024
Decades of industrial dumping had polluted the water and poisoned its plants and animals.
—Eliza Principe Garcia, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
His recipe was so popular that our friends started making it too, until one accidentally poisoned us and the rest of her dinner party by using a can that had gone bad.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Australia has also updated its travel advisory for Fiji to warn about the risk of alcoholic drinks’ being spiked or poisoned with methanol.
—Seyed Ismail Nafeesa, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
Moscow’s disastrous war in Afghanistan in the 1980s poisoned its relations with the Muslim world, and even contributed to the collapse of the Soviet state.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
The reality is Kade was poisoned, murdered.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
The lawsuit claims she was abused and poisoned.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
Poisoned Data, Poisoned Outcomes One of the biggest dangers in the AI supply chain is poisoned training data.
—Steve Wilson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Haunting pictures of rows of small bodies covered in white sheets—some of the 400 children who were poisoned in the attack—became emblematic of the Assad regime’s cruelty.
—Gregory D. Koblentz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2024
Decades of industrial dumping had polluted the water and poisoned its plants and animals.
—Eliza Principe Garcia, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
His recipe was so popular that our friends started making it too, until one accidentally poisoned us and the rest of her dinner party by using a can that had gone bad.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Australia has also updated its travel advisory for Fiji to warn about the risk of alcoholic drinks’ being spiked or poisoned with methanol.
—Seyed Ismail Nafeesa, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
Moscow’s disastrous war in Afghanistan in the 1980s poisoned its relations with the Muslim world, and even contributed to the collapse of the Soviet state.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
The reality is Kade was poisoned, murdered.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
The lawsuit claims she was abused and poisoned.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poisoned
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The bill also had money to make solvent the World Trade Center Health Program to treat the heroes and victims of 9/11 who were sickened by the poisonous air rising up from Ground Zero.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Burning dirty gas inside our homes and buildings releases nitrogen oxides (NOx), a family of poisonous, highly reactive gases.Susan Miller, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
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Amazon objected to the 2022 warehouse election results, alleging the Amazon Labor Union and the federal labor board had tainted the vote.CBS News, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Some see all Russians and their cultural heritage as irredeemably tainted by imperial thinking, a view heavily influenced by post-colonial studies in American academia.Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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When the tile degraded, the gaps were filled in with livestock bones.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
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That’s good news, considering phosphorous pollution has degraded water quality in the Everglades for decades and remains a challenge.Rebecca Blackwell, Sun Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
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Behavior and reproduction Most frogs are nocturnal, but not poison frogs.National Geographic, National Geographic, 28 Feb. 2020
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Some farmers even intentionally poison cranes to stop them from foraging in their crops.National Geographic, National Geographic, 10 Feb. 2020
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This lid defect could allow the beverage to become contaminated with bacteria.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Many in the art world oppose banning works on the basis of their nationality, believing that culture has the power to unite and should not be contaminated by politics.Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Stearns said in a recent interview that one day in the class convinced him of its value.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Still not convinced the puffer is for you?Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
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Russia has consistently denied using chemical weapons in Ukraine and, in turn, has accused Kyiv of employing toxic agents on the battlefield.Michael D. Carroll, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Most of the concern comes from lab studies involving animals or human cell lines — scientists observed toxic effects of microplastics on the cellular and molecular levels.Will Stone, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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This marks a disappointing end to a season that has been marred by injuries, including Trent Williams' ankle injury, which has kept him out for the past four games.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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In a Middle East marred by seemingly endless conflict and disparate ideologies, there exists an undercurrent of hope—a movement toward connection, collaboration, and shared prosperity.Hessie Jones, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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