Word "POISON" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
Synonyms:
poisonous substance, toxicant

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
add poison to
Synonyms:
envenom
Examples:
Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
administer poison to
Examples:
She poisoned her husband but he did not die

Crossword Clues for POISON

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Cyanide, e.g. Commuter 11 Aug 2025
Toxic substance Commuter 06 Aug 2025
Toxic substance Newsday 03 Aug 2025
Toxic substance Commuter 30 Jul 2025
Toxic stuff, one put in spoon uneasily (6)
Bottle with a skull-and-crossbones icon, perhaps
Toxic substance (6) Mirror Classic 09 Jun 2025
French fish with heart removed is toxic (6) The Guardian Quiptic 25 May 2025
Harmful substance in fish abroad gutted The Times Cryptic 13 May 2025
Is on the river first, a harmful influence
Harmful substance one gets in a spoon, possibly (6)
"Troppo" is on the cards when it has toxin (6)
Arsenic, cyanide, eg
___ ivy
Our star's movie: - Ivy
Like prison, you may not see it as a good thing! (6)
Arsenic, for example (6)
I use a spoon to handle such a dangerous substance
French fish giving up a small something found in fugu? The Times Cryptic 30 Sep 2024
Venom or toxin
Harmful substance found at post office by one boy (6) Puzzler Cryptic 16 Aug 2024
Gutted French fish produces toxin The Sun Two Speed 10 Aug 2024
Venom The Sun Two Speed 10 Aug 2024
Staple of many Agatha Christie mysteries The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 27 Jul 2024
Toxic substance that Romeo used
I spoon a compound of venom (6)
A toxic substance, such as strychnine (6)
Feature of many a whodunit Thomas Joseph 27 Jun 2024
Toxin I snoop around for (6)
Corrupt chamber is concerning The Times Cryptic 18 Jun 2024
I snoop around and discover a cause of death (6)
As a drinker, what's yours? (6)
Substance harmful to living things The Times Concise 21 May 2024
Something toxic one found in bent spoon (6)
Corrupt announcement when Teletubby appears?
Taint seriously blight
Malignant substance
Harmful substance I spoon out (6)
1930 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers (6,6)
One spoon, roughly, imbibed will kill (6)
Working on self-confidence finally failing, a sickener The Guardian Cryptic 26 Feb 2024
What will you have if you name yours? (6)
Injurious substance (6)
I snoop around and discover the cause of death (6)
Toxin The Telegraph Quick 01 Feb 2024
Irritating plant, ... ivy (6)
Anything harmful Newsday 20 Jan 2024
I snoop around, a killer that's often drunk
Corrupt prison switching right to essence of controversy (6)
'Operation' is no word of warning (6)
Cause of death in some cozy mysteries LA Times Daily 30 Nov 2023
Toxin in river found by one boy The Sun Two Speed 16 Nov 2023
Venom The Sun Two Speed 16 Nov 2023
Deadly substance Universal 15 May 2023
Toxic substance Newsday 26 Dec 2022
Harmful substance The Telegraph Quick 07 Oct 2022
Toxicant The Telegraph Quick 02 Aug 2022
Substance symbolized by a skull and crossbones USA Today 28 Jun 2022
Bottle marked with a skull and crossbones New York Times 23 Jan 2022
Toxin Irish Times Simplex 02 Nov 2021
Deadly substance The Times Concise 09 Sep 2021
___ Ivy and Harley Quinn, couple that is sometimes paired in DC Comics' "Batman"
What Jade Fox's darts are tipped with in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' The Washington Post Sunday 25 Jul 2021
'That girl is ___' (Bell Biv DeVoe lyric) USA Today 27 May 2021
Substance that damages tissues or causes death Irish Times Simplex 20 May 2021
Fancy an idea containing this, for example
Downfall in many an Agatha Christie novel New York Times 08 Nov 2020
Toxin Eugene Sheffer 14 Sep 2020
Arsenic, for one Thomas Joseph 02 Sep 2020
Contagion spot with risk gone discovered The Telegraph Toughie 13 Aug 2020
___ Ivy, supervillain from DC Comics who is portrayed by Uma Thurman in "Batman & Robin"
Toxin Irish Times Simplex 16 Jun 2020
___ Ivy, DC Comics supervillain
It makes me sick when one's taken in by spoon-bending
River being shown? It's not what you'd want to drink
One of the nine weapons in 2008's expanded version of Clue New York Times 06 Jul 2019
Toxic substance The Telegraph Quick 13 Apr 2019
Arsenic, e.g The Washington Post 08 Apr 2019
Arsenic, e.g LA Times Daily 08 Apr 2019
___ ivy, plant whose leaves carry a toxin that causes intense rashes to break out on skin
Venom The Sun Two Speed 07 Mar 2019
Toxin in river found by one boy The Sun Two Speed 07 Mar 2019
In spite of piano stool lacking a lot Irish Times Crosaire 12 Jan 2019
One of the nine weapons in 2008's expanded version of Clue
Arsenic, e.g.
Toxic substance The Washington Post 02 Oct 2018
Toxic substance LA Times Daily 02 Oct 2018
Venom The Telegraph Quick 22 Sep 2018
Gutted French fish produces toxin The Sun Two Speed 30 Jun 2018
Toxic thing Universal 11 Jun 2018
It's toxic Universal 21 Mar 2018
Toxic thing
Toxic substance
Spoil gutted fish in Paris
Quiet prayer, not right: a threat to life?
Toxin The Telegraph Quick 06 Aug 2017
Cause of Romeo's death New York Times 31 Jul 2016
I snoop around to discover a cause of death
Preferred drink with Hawaiian dish: scotch or negroni, for starters
Cause of Romeo's death
I snoop around to discover cause of death
I spoon out toxic substance The Sun Two Speed 24 Nov 2015
Any toxic substance The Sun Two Speed 24 Nov 2015
Toxic substance Eugene Sheffer 21 Aug 2015
Harmful substance The Times Concise 06 May 2015
Toxin from Italian flower is nothing new Irish Times Crosaire 16 Jan 2015
Venom
Staple of Agatha Christie mysteries
What Mr. Yuk labels
Skull-and-crossbones stuff
Hemlock, for one
Contaminate
Toxic substance
Skull-and-crossbones stuff
Whodunit staple
Exterminator's option
Murder method in Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye"
Something harmful
Negative influence
Exterminator's option
Toxic stuff
Skull-and-crossbones stuff
Taint
Toxicology topic
Corrupt
Whodunit weapon
Taint
Corrupt
Whodunit weapon
Strychnine
Arrow application
Word seen on a skull and crossbones
Warning label word
Contaminate
Warning label word
Lethal stuff
Contaminate
Scull-and-crossbones stuff
Corrupt
Word seen on a skull and crossbones
Feature of many a whodunit
Skull-and-crossbones stuff
Strychnine e.g.
Kind of pen
Arsenic e.g.
Pesticide
Corrupt
Toxicant
Borgia potion
Arsenic, e.g.
Another man's meat
___ hemlock.
Venom.
Toxin.
Hemlock, for example.
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