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Noun poison has 2 senses
  1. poison, poisonous substance - any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
    --1 is a kind of substance, matter
    --1 has particulars: atropine; hyoscyamine; toxin
    Derived forms: verb poison4, verb poison3, verb poison2
  2. poison - anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"
    --2 is a kind of     destructiveness
    Derived form: verb poison1
,Verb poison has 5 senses
  1. poison - spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office"
    --1 is one way to     corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
    Derived form: noun poison2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s somebody
  2. poison - kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can kill"
    --2 is one way to     kill
    Derived form: noun poison1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
  3. poison - kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband"
    --3 is one way to     kill
    Derived forms: noun poison1, noun poisoner1, noun poisoning2
    Sample sentence:
    They want to poison the prisoners
  4. poison, envenom - add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"
    --4 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Derived forms: noun poison1, noun poisoning2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. poison - administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
    --5 is one way to     drug, dose
    Derived form: noun poisoning2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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