Poisoning
['pɒɪzənɪŋ] or ['pɔɪznɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill.
(noun.) the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance.
Editor: Lois--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poison
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Examples
- Then it is that which is poisoning you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Some said, that the Vincys had behaved scandalously, that Mr. Vincy had threatened Wrench, and that Mrs. Vincy had accused him of poisoning her son. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Workmen dig, workmen hammer, soldiers laugh and sing; in the morning, by the fountain, there is raised a gallows forty feet high, poisoning the water. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He is hanged there forty feet high--and is left hanging, poisoning the water. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Are there evil influences haunting the air, and poisoning it for man? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Those who survive an explosion are therefore in danger of suffocation or poisoning, and it becomes imperative to restore the circulation of the air with the least possible delay. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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