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poisoning

[poi-zuh-ning] / ˈpɔɪ zə nɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
infectious
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contagious toxic virulent
WEAK
communicable contaminating corrupting defiling diseased epidemic infective mephitic miasmic noxious pestilent pestilential polluting transferable transmittable vitiating
Antonyms
STRONGEST
harmless nonpoisonous
WEAK
antiseptic germless non-infectious uncommunicable uncontagious
NOUN
contamination
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contagion corruption disease epidemic infection pollution
STRONG
decay defilement dirtying filth foulness impurity pestilence plague rottenness spoliation taint
WEAK
radioactivation
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cleanliness purification sterility
WEAK
cleaning cure healing sterilization
NOUN
impurity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contamination grime pollutant scum
STRONG
adulteration corruption defilement dirt filth pestilence pollution stain taint uncleanness
WEAK
foreign matter
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cleanliness
STRONG
pureness purification purity sterility
NOUN
uncleanness
Synonyms
STRONG
adulteration contamination corruption defilement dirt dirtiness filth foulness grime pestilence pollutant pollution scum stain taint unwholesomeness
WEAK
foreign matter
Antonyms
STRONG
cleanliness pureness purification purity sterility
NOUN
unwholesomeness
Synonyms
STRONG
adulteration contamination corruption defilement dirt dirtiness filth foulness grime pestilence pollutant pollution scum stain taint uncleanness
WEAK
foreign matter
Antonyms
STRONG
cleanliness pureness purification purity sterility

Example Sentences

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Menus are hammered out course by course, with ingredients screened to avoid poisoning—not just by would-be assassins but also regular old food poisoning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

It rose for every category except infant formula, where Nestlé recalled some products in January due to concerns they contained a toxin that can cause food poisoning.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Symptoms may resemble food poisoning or, in rare cases, a condition known as anisakiasis.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

There is no known antidote for ricin poisoning.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The doctors said she’d died from leukemia, but Mom thought it was radioactive poisoning.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls