1. (

• poison ,
• toxicant ,
• poisonous_substance

) any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism ;

2. (

• poison

) anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism" ;

1. (

• poison

) spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office" ;

2. (

• poison

) kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband" ;

3. (

• poison ,
• envenom

) add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her" ;

4. (

• poison ,

) kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can poison" ;

5. (

• poison

) administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die" ;