Collocations for "poisoning"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "poisoning" in context.
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poison
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- poison was detected in her [system, body]
- poison was discovered during the autopsy
- detected poison in the [medication, drink, food]
- dipped the [dart, sword] in poison
- poison was used to kill him
- a vile of poison
- it was poison that killed him
- used poison to kill him
- [deadly, fatal] poison
- is a poison on [society, our culture]
- love can be a poison
- slang: so, what's your poison?
- poisoned by [a snake, seafood, fish]
- poisoning [his food, her drink, the atmosphere]
- the [food] had been poisoned
- poisoned by [her, hatred, disgust]
- her mind was poisoned by [hatred]
- tried to poison [his wife, us, the enemy, the spy]
- [caught, arrested for, suspected of] poisoning [his wife]
- poisoned by [mercury, waste, chemicals]
- the [river, sea, lake] is being poisoned by [chemicals]
- [was, turned out to be] a poison chalice
- [fire, shoot] a poison dart
- [stung, touched] by poison ivy
- have a poison ivy rash
- call poison control
- call the poison hotline
- poison [prevention, treatment, antidotes]
- UK: [received, sent] a poison pen letter
'poisoning' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):