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poison

noun as in substance that causes harm, death

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When the bill was first presented earlier this year, one group called it a "poisoned meatball".

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It is an important start of U.S. enforcement against a poison that has spread across the Middle East and even to corners of America.

A tourist family-of-four who died while visiting Istanbul on holiday from Germany in mid-November were poisoned by a gas that is used to treat pest infestations, Turkish media reported on Tuesday.

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She knows that Gustav’s film is deeply personal and fears doing the story an injustice or poisoning a memory.

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He said the case formed part of a "breadth of activity" by Russia, including incidents such as the Salisbury poisonings in 2018 and an arson attack in London in 2024.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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