Definitions for poisoning

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poisoning poi·son·ing

Spelling: [poi-zuh-ning]

IPA: /ˈpɔɪ zə nɪŋ/

Poisoning is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 155 anagrams from letters in poisoning (giinnoops).

Definitions for poisoning

noun

1. the condition produced by a poison or by a toxic substance.
2. a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
3. something harmful or pernicious, as to happiness or well-being:
4. Slang. any variety of alcoholic liquor:

verb (used with object)

1. to administer poison to (a person or animal).
2. to kill or injure with or as if with poison.
3. to put poison into or upon; saturate with poison:
4. to ruin, vitiate, or corrupt:
5. Chemistry. to destroy or diminish the activity of (a catalyst or enzyme).

adjective

1. causing poisoning; poisonous:

Origin of poisoning

First recorded in 1400-50, poisoning is from the late Middle English word poisenynge. See poison, -ing¹

Examples for poisoning

Arsenic has been used as a poisoning agent since the Middle Ages.

A Russian investigation has concluded there was no poisoning.

They are at work with the red-skins, poisoning them against us.

Lacey Spears is accused of killing her son by poisoning him with salt.

They succeeded in poisoning the water supply of the city of Philadelphia.

The real problem is that fossil fuels are also poisoning the planet.

He presumed to place me under restraint in his own house in hopes of either driving me insane or poisoning me.

Ah, I would willingly have killed that execrable Smith, for he was poisoning my life.

But in that moment the whole plot of Madonna's poisoning was revealed to me.

Tell Waterbury, and face that charge for poisoning his horse.