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noun ADJ. strong, virulent | deadly | nerve, rat QUANT. trace VERB + POISON administer, give sb | lace sth with, put in/on She had laced his drink with poison. She had put poison in his wine. | put down (= put somewhere to kill animals) The farmer had put down some rat poison. | swallow, take POISON + NOUN gas, pill | arrow
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poison
verbs
take/swallow poison
• He committed suicide by taking poison.
give somebody poison
• She admitted two charges of giving poison to her daughter.
administer poison
formal (= give it to someone )
• He could not have administered the poison that had put Mark in a coma.
put poison in something
• She put poison in his wine.
lace something with poison
(= put poison in something )
• He laced the emperor's tea with poison.
put poison down
(= put it somewhere to kill an animal )
• One way of getting rid of rats or mice is to put poison down.
adjectives
a deadly poison
• The berries contain a deadly poison.
a slow-acting/quick-acting poison
• Cyanide is a very strong, quick-acting poison.
a virulent poison
(= one that makes someone very ill or kills them )
• Scorpions produce a virulent poison.
phrases
a dose of poison
(= an amount of poison )
• He had taken a massive dose of poison.
a trace of poison
(= a small amount of poison that is still present somewhere )
• Traces of the poison were found in the family car.
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