Poisoning

//ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ//

Synonyms for "poisoning" (92 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Strong matches (27)

Related words (46)

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Translations

72 translations across 36 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • تَسَمُّم noun (state of being poisoned)
  • تَسْمِيم noun (administration of a poison)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • атру́чванне noun (administration of a poison)
  • атру́чванне noun (state of being poisoned)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • отра́вяне noun (administration of a poison)
  • отра́вяне noun (state of being poisoned)

Catalan

2 entries
  • enverinament noun (administration of a poison)
  • enverinament noun (state of being poisoned)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 中毒 noun (administration of a poison)
  • 中毒 noun (state of being poisoned)
  • 毒害 noun (administration of a poison)
  • 毒死 noun (administration of a poison)

Czech

3 entries
  • otrava noun (administration of a poison)
  • otrava noun (state of being poisoned)
  • otrávení noun (state of being poisoned)

Danish

1 entries
  • forgiftning noun (administration of a poison)

Dutch

1 entries
  • vergiftiging noun (administration of a poison)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • veneniĝo noun (state of being poisoned)

Estonian

3 entries
  • mürgistus noun (state of being poisoned)
  • mürgitamine noun (administration of a poison)
  • mürgitus noun (state of being poisoned)

Faroese

1 entries
  • eitran noun (administration of a poison)

Finnish

2 entries
  • myrkyttäminen noun (administration of a poison)
  • myrkytys noun (state of being poisoned)

French

2 entries
  • empoisonnement noun (administration of a poison)
  • intoxication noun (state of being poisoned)

Galician

2 entries
  • envelenamento noun (administration of a poison)
  • envelenamento noun (state of being poisoned)

German

2 entries
  • Vergiftung noun (administration of a poison)
  • Vergiftung noun (state of being poisoned)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • anpwazònman noun (administration of a poison)

Hindi

3 entries
  • विषाक्तता noun (state of being poisoned)
  • विषाक्तन noun (administration of a poison)
  • विषाक्तन noun (state of being poisoned)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • intoxikáció noun (state of being poisoned)
  • mérgezés noun (administration of a poison)
  • mérgezés noun (state of being poisoned)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • keracunan noun (state of being poisoned)

Irish

2 entries
  • nimhiú noun (administration of a poison)
  • nimhiú noun (state of being poisoned)

Italian

1 entries
  • avvelenamento noun (administration of a poison)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 中毒 noun (administration of a poison)
  • 中毒 noun (state of being poisoned)
  • 毒害 noun (administration of a poison)
  • 毒殺 noun (administration of a poison)

Korean

3 entries
  • 독살 noun (administration of a poison)
  • 중독 noun (administration of a poison)
  • 중독 noun (state of being poisoned)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • труење noun (administration of a poison)
  • труење noun (state of being poisoned)

Malay

2 entries
  • keracunan noun (state of being poisoned)
  • peracunan noun (administration of a poison)

Persian

2 entries
  • تسمیم noun (administration of a poison)
  • مسمومیت noun (administration of a poison)

Polish

2 entries
  • zatrucie noun (administration of a poison)
  • zatrucie noun (state of being poisoned)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • envenenamento noun (administration of a poison)
  • envenenamento noun (state of being poisoned)

Romanian

1 entries
  • otrăvire noun (administration of a poison)

Russian

2 entries
  • отравле́ние noun (administration of a poison)
  • отравле́ние noun (state of being poisoned)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • trovanje noun (administration of a poison)
  • тровање noun (administration of a poison)

Slovak

1 entries
  • otrava noun (administration of a poison)

Slovene

2 entries
  • zastrupitev noun (state of being poisoned)
  • zastrupljanje noun (administration of a poison)

Spanish

2 entries
  • envenenamiento noun (state of being poisoned)
  • envenenar noun (administration of a poison)

Swedish

1 entries
  • förgiftning noun (administration of a poison)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • отру́єння noun (administration of a poison)
  • отру́єння noun (state of being poisoned)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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The entire crew was afflicted with food poisoning.

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Have you ever had food poisoning?

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They are alert to the dangers of food poisoning.

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We suspect it's about a poisoning by snake bite.

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