Poisoning

//ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The administration of a poison. countable, uncountable

    "The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new study on accidental poisonings of children 5 and younger."

  2. 2
    the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being poisoned. countable, uncountable

    "Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death."

  4. 4
    the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of poison form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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adulterationautointoxicationaxbanebefoulingbeheading

Example

More examples

"The entire crew was afflicted with food poisoning."

Etymology

By surface analysis, poison + -ing.

Related phrases

Georgina poisoningalcohol poisoningblood poisoningcrowd-poisoningdata poisoningfood poisoninglead poisoningleather poisoningphosphorus poisoningpoisoning attackradiation poisoningsausage poisoning

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