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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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Not one that would leave behind a decades-long legacy of nuclear poisoning.

From The Wall Street Journal

Already this year, his flagship billion-dollar free school meals programme has been mired in controversy over mass food poisonings.

From BBC

It’s like solving food poisoning with another lukewarm plate of lightly-boiled chicken.

From The Wall Street Journal

Leading batsman, Shai Hope was missing Saturday because of food poisoning.

From Barron's

Some parents of children with autism, desperate for a remedy, have long reached for dubious and at times dangerous panaceas, including hyperbaric oxygen chambers and chelation therapy, used for the treatment of heavy metal poisoning.

From Salon

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