poisoning
/P OY1 Z AH0 N IH0 NG/verb
- 1
To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
“The assassin poisoned the king.”
- 2
To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
“That factory is poisoning the river.”
- 3
To cause to become much worse.
“He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.”
- 4
To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
“She's poisoned him against all his old friends.”
- 5
To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
- 6
To place false information into (a cache) as part of an exploit.
noun
- 1
The administration of a poison.
- 2
The state of being poisoned.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poison, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poisoning