poisoning
noun Pathology.
Origin of poisoning
poison
noun
verb (used with object)
adjective
Origin of poison
Synonyms for poison
Related Words for poisoning
harm, debase, injure, subvert, infect, taint, kill, corrupt, destroy, stain, undermine, defile, murder, envenom, fester, warp, pervert, vitiate, deprave, adulterateExamples from the Web for poisoning
Contemporary Examples of poisoning
Lacey Spears is accused of killing her son by poisoning him with salt.
He presumed to place me under restraint in his own house in hopes of either driving me insane or poisoning me.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the ShowRobert W. Chambers
February 20, 2014
A Russian investigation has concluded there was no poisoning.
The real problem is that fossil fuels are also poisoning the planet.
Arsenic has been used as a poisoning agent since the Middle Ages.
Historical Examples of poisoning
They are at work with the red-skins, poisoning them against us.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
Ah, I would willingly have killed that execrable Smith, for he was poisoning my life.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
But in that moment the whole plot of Madonna's poisoning was revealed to me.
The Shame of MotleyRaphael Sabatini
They succeeded in poisoning the water supply of the city of Philadelphia.
The Martian CabalRoman Frederick Starzl
Tell Waterbury, and face that charge for poisoning his horse.
Garrison's FinishW. B. M. Ferguson