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
David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Predators, like foxes, bald eagles and coyotes, can be poisoned from eating that mouse or rat, Vermiglio-Kaplanek said.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
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Mossad agents using fake Canadian passports poisoned Mashaal outside of Hamas' office in the capital Amman by holding a device to his ear.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Predators, like foxes, bald eagles and coyotes, can be poisoned from eating that mouse or rat, Vermiglio-Kaplanek said.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
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This genus is primarily known for its small but brightly colored amphibian species that are highly poisonous, most notably, the bright orange pumpkin toadlets, B. rotenbergae, B. ephippium and B. pitanga (more here).GrrlScientist, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Its most frightening aspect, though, is probably its poisonous bite.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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At the beginning of the season, Elrond felt that the rings given the elves are tainted.Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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As such, the prospect of a merger is no longer tainted by the sort of antitrust concerns that derailed the first attempt 22 years ago.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2024
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The permissiveness of college administrators in their tolerance for intolerance against free speech on campus has degraded free-speech protections dramatically.Tyson Langhofer, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
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The hydroelectric dams, which were built between 1912 and the 1960s, not only blocked salmon from reaching spawning areas but also degraded the river’s water quality, contributing to toxic algae blooms and disease outbreaks that at times killed masses of fish.Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 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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Expectations are diminished, contaminated by politics.Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
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Salmonella is spread by eating or drinking contaminated food or water, or by coming into contact with infected people or animals.Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
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Bean and Smith were seen on video wrestling with Nichols and holding his arms, while also hitting him, but the jury was not convinced those actions amounted to civil rights violations.Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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The clients were easily convinced.Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
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Secondhand marijuana smoke has many of the same carcinogens and toxic chemicals as secondhand tobacco smoke, along with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.David Stempel, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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In Phoenix, the industry's early history was toxic, contributing to groundwater pollution that government agencies are still addressing.Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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His clean image was marred by scandal in the late 1980s when Garvey divorced his wife, got two other women pregnant, then married a fourth woman, his current wife.Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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His victory was celebrated not only as a win for the democratic process in a region marred by a series of recent military coups, but also as the ushering-in of a new and younger political generation in Senegal, where the median age is just 19.Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Poisoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poisoned. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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