poison

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. venom, toxicity, virus, bane. —v. t. corrupt, defile; intoxicate, drug, envenom; kill, murder. See deterioration, killing.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. virus, bane, toxin, infection, germ, bacteria, oil, vapor, gas; see also venom 1 .

Types of poisons include: rattlesnake, copperhead, black-widow-spider, tarantula venom; poison oak, poison ivy, death angel mushroom, hemlock, foxglove, nightshade, carbon monoxide gas, cooking gas, arsenic, lead, strychnine, oxalic, sulphuric, hydrochloric, nitric, carbolic, prussic, hydrocyanic acid; cyanide, cantharides, caustic soda, lye, belladonna, curare, aconite, Paris green, lead arsenate, blue vitriol, copper sulfate, nicotine, DDT, Agent Orange, radiation, radon gas, botulin. v.

Syn. infect, injure, kill, murder, destroy, vitiate, corrupt, pervert, undermine, defile, harm, taint, envenom, make ill, cause violent illness.

Ant. benefit, help*, purify.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

toxin, deadly chemical, venom, germ, miasma, toxic substance, carcinogen, strychnine, cyanide, arsenic, hemlock, lead, carbon monoxide, caustic soda, mustard gas, nerve gas, nightshade.

ANT.: antidote

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v.

contaminate, infect, taint, envenom, make ill, kill, *slip a mickey, adulterate, pervert, defile.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. Anything that is injurious, destructive, or fatal: bane, canker, contagion, toxin, venom, virus. See HELP. 2. One that contaminates: adulterant, adulterator, contaminant, contamination, contaminator, impurity, pollutant. See CLEAN. II verb 1. To make physically impure: contaminate, defile, foul, pollute. See CLEAN. 2. To have a destructive effect on: canker, envenom, infect. Archaic: empoison. See HELP. III adjective Capable of injuring or killing by poison: mephitic, mephitical, poisonous, toxic, toxicant, venomous, virulent. See HELP.