'Poisoning' definitions:
Definition of 'poisoning'
From: WordNet
noun
The physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance [syn: poisoning, toxic condition, intoxication]
noun
The act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
Definition of 'Poisoning'
From: GCIDE
- Poison \Poi"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poisoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Poisoning.] [Cf. OF. poisonner, F. empoissoner, L. potionare to give to drink. See Poison, n.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink. "The ingredients of our poisoned chalice." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to. [1913 Webster]
- If you poison us, do we not die ? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind. [1913 Webster]
- Whispering tongues can poison truth. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'poisoning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulteration,
- autointoxication,
- bane,
- befouling,
- beheading,
- blood,
- blood poisoning,
- bloodletting,
- bloodshed,
- braining,
- burning,
- capital punishment,
- contamination,
- corruption,
- crucifixion,
- dealing death,
- decapitation,
- decollation,
- defenestration,
- defilement,
- destruction,
- destruction of life,
- dispatch,
- electrocution,
- envenoming,
- ergotism,
- euthanasia,
- execution,
- extermination,
- festering,
- flow of blood,
- food poisoning,
- fouling,
- fusillade,
- garrote,
- gassing,
- gore,
- hanging,
- hemlock,
- immolation,
- infection,
- intoxication,
- judicial murder,
- kill,
- killing,
- lapidation,
- martyrdom,
- martyrization,
- mercy killing,
- milk sickness,
- misuse,
- necktie party,
- perversion,
- pollution,
- prostitution,
- ptomaine poisoning,
- pyemia,
- ritual killing,
- ritual murder,
- sacrifice,
- sepsis,
- septic poisoning,
- septicemia,
- septicopyemia,
- shooting,
- slaughter,
- slaying,
- stoning,
- strangling,
- strangulation,
- suppuration,
- taking of life,
- the ax,
- the block,
- the chair,
- the gallows,
- the gas chamber,
- the guillotine,
- the hot seat,
- the rope,
- toxemia,
- venenation,
- vitiation
Words containing 'Poisoning'
- Poison,
- Poisonable,
- Poisoned,
- Poisoner,
- Poisonous,
- Poisonously,
- Poisonousness,
- Blood poisoning,
- Cumulative poison,
- Poison ash,
- Poison bush,
- Poison cup,
- Poison dogwood,
- Poison fang,
- Poison gland,
- Poison hemlock,
- Poison ivy,
- Poison nut,
- Poison oak,
- Poison parsnip,
- Poison sac,
- Poison sumac,
- Zebra poison,
- alkali poisoning,
- bushman's poison,
- cyanide poisoning,
- fly poison,
- food poisoning,
- lead poisoning,
- malathion poisoning,
- mercury poisoning,
- mushroom poisoning,
- naphthalene poisoning,
- nicotine poisoning,
- paraquat poisoning,
- parathion poisoning,
- pesticide poisoning,
- poison camas,
- poison elder,
- poison gas,
- poison mercury,
- poison milkweed,
- poison parsley,
- poison pea,
- poison pill,
- poisonous nightshade,
- poisonous parasol,
- poisonous plant,
- poisonous substance,
- ptomaine poisoning,
- salicylate poisoning,
- Ellangowan poison bush,
- carbon monoxide poisoning,
- dogwood poison bush,
- eastern poison oak,
- fruit of the poisonous tree,
- non-poisonous,
- poison arrow plant,
- poison-berry,
- western poison oak,
- south american poison toad