poison
Example Sentences
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But then he enacts the scene in which Iago subtly poisons Othello’s mind into believing that his wife is having an affair with a handsome lieutenant.
From Los Angeles Times
He once described the prospect of a humiliating cease-fire with Iraq as drinking from a poisoned chalice.
It could also poison rapidly expanding European alliances for increased Arctic control.
His followers hear it as something beautiful instead of as poison for their hearts and minds.
From Salon
The ghost of his wife hovers over the scene, desperately whispering the word poison.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
