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Word entry · 6 letters

poison

Best crossword clue

"Toxic substance"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɔɪ.zən/Part of speech verb, nounSorted inoopsStarts with PEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. administer poison to

Word origin

From Middle English poysoun, poyson, pusoun, from Old French poison, poisun, from Latin pōtiōnem (“drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”), from pōtō (“to drink”). See also potion and potable (from the same root). Mostly displaced native Old English ātor. See more at atter.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: (loosely) venom
  • We used a poison to kill the weeds.
  • Gossip is a malicious poison.

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