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poison

n. anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"

poison, toxicant, poisonous substance

n. any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

poison

v. spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office"

poison

v. kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband"

poison

v. kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can poison"

poison

v. administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"

poison, envenom

v. add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"

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corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction

n. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"

evil, evilness

n. the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"

scourge, curse, affliction, bane, nemesis

n. something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"

intensify

v. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

embitter, envenom, acerbate

v. cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

grate

v. furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace"

sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify

v. make sour or more sour