poisoneth

Verb

poison (third-person singular simple present poisons, present participle poisoning, simple past and past participle poisoned)

1. (transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
   • The assassin poisoned the king.
2. (transitive) To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
   • That factory is poisoning the river.

   Synonyms:

   contaminate, pollute, taint

3. (transitive) To cause to become much worse.
   • Suspicion will poison their relationship.

   Synonyms:

   corrupt, taint

4. (transitive) To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
   • She's poisoned him against all his old friends.
5. To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
6. (transitive) To place false or malicious data into (a cache, etc.) as part of an exploit.
   • In this technique, the hacker poisons the cache to launch malware into Web pages.2013, Ronald L. Mendell, Investigating Information-based Crimes, page 93

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