Dictionary Definition
poisoning
Noun
1 the physiological state produced by a poison or
other toxic substance [syn: toxic
condition, intoxication]
2 the act of giving poison to a person or animal
with the intent to kill
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The administration of a poison.
- The state of being poisoned.
Translations
Verb
poisoning- present participle of poison
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Poisoning may mean:
- For biological toxicity, see toxin and poison
- Catalyst poisoning
- Nuclear poison
- Poisoning, a classification in Cantonese food
poisoning in German: Vergiftung
poisoning in Dutch: Vergiftiging
poisoning in Polish: Zatrucie
poisoning in Russian: Отравление
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adulteration, autointoxication,
bane, befouling, beheading, blood, blood poisoning, bloodletting, bloodshed, braining, burning, capital punishment,
contamination,
corruption, crucifixion, dealing death,
decapitation,
decollation,
defenestration,
defilement, destruction, destruction of
life, dispatch,
electrocution,
envenoming, ergotism, euthanasia, execution, extermination, festering, flow of blood, food
poisoning, fouling,
fusillade, garrote, gassing, gore, hanging, hemlock, immolation, infection, intoxication, judicial
murder, kill, killing, lapidation, martyrdom, martyrization, mercy
killing, milk sickness, misuse, necktie party, perversion, pollution, prostitution, ptomaine
poisoning, pyemia, ritual
killing, ritual murder, sacrifice, sepsis, septic poisoning,
septicemia, septicopyemia, shooting, slaughter, slaying, stoning, strangling, strangulation, suppuration, taking of life,
the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber, the
guillotine, the hot seat, the rope, toxemia, venenation, vitiation