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poison

Noun

∙ A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.
∙ Something that harms a person or thing.
∙ A drink; liquor. informal

Verb

∙ To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody transitive
∙ To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous transitive
∙ To cause something to become much worse transitive
∙ To cause someone to hate or to have unfair negative opinions transitive