poison

noun/ˈpɔɪzən/

Frequency rank: #3,806 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a substance that causes illness or death if taken into the body.

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Example sentence

The detective discovered that the victim had been killed by poison.

Synonyms & related words

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