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Poisoned meaning

  1. Killed, paralysed, or harmed by receiving a dose of poison.
  2. Containing poison; poisonous.
  3. Having a strongly negative effect; harmful.

Using Poisoned

  • The main meaning on this page is: Killed, paralysed, or harmed by receiving a dose of poison. | Containing poison; poisonous. | Having a strongly negative effect; harmful.
  • In the example corpus, poisoned often appears in combinations such as: been poisoned, poisoned by, was poisoned.

Context around Poisoned

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Poisoned

  • In this selection, "poisoned" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ale, valley, additional, ale, plums and hits stand out and add context to how "poisoned" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and a poisoned drug supply and any additional poisoned hits will. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "poisoned" sits close to words such as adorned, breathtaking and burrow, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with poisoned

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Instead she forces another Labour MP to pick up the poisoned chalice. (12 words)

Another former Russian intelligence officer, Sergei Skripal, was poisoned in Britain in 2018. (13 words)

Identity politics had poisoned most of the humanities as well as the sciences. (13 words)

He carried this with him during his 36 years in the Senate, when he led the tanking of Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court in proceedings that poisoned the judicial confirmation process for decades while palling around with Sen. (41 words)

Azumarill has a glaring weakness to Greninja's Poison-type move Gunk Shot, but if holding a Covert Cloak, Azumarill can avoid being poisoned, and a Water Tera type would even sort out its one weakness in this situation. (39 words)

Congress should invest in a nationwide public information campaign—far beyond the small steps that the DEA has taken—communicating that the drug supply is poisoned and that even casual use carries the risk of death. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Numerous – probably fictitious – accounts circulated soon after his death that he had been killed by poisoned ale, poisoned plums or a "surfeit of peaches".

A little more than a week later, a co-worker discovered the body of 18-year-old Rey de Jesus Antonio Osorio in a greenhouse near Lucerne Valley, poisoned by carbon monoxide from a generator.

And while Khanda’s family said he succumbed to cancer, his supporters insisted he was poisoned.

Another former Russian intelligence officer, Sergei Skripal, was poisoned in Britain in 2018.

Any additional poisoned hits will do even greater damage, and even the toughest of foes will go down with little resistance.

A paedophile tried to kill himself by eating a poisoned Snickers bar while being convicted in the dock in Australia.

Azumarill has a glaring weakness to Greninja's Poison-type move Gunk Shot, but if holding a Covert Cloak, Azumarill can avoid being poisoned, and a Water Tera type would even sort out its one weakness in this situation.

Batman and Superman's climactic battle in the film takes place on a dreary night in Gotham, Superman being poisoned with Kryptonite for the first time while overlooking the city's gritty industrial landscape.

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But the office did provide a record of deputies responding to a call from someone else claiming the Mallery’s poisoned their sheep.

Congress should invest in a nationwide public information campaign—far beyond the small steps that the DEA has taken—communicating that the drug supply is poisoned and that even casual use carries the risk of death.

Douglas Xaba “passed on quite suddenly and that there are suspicions that he was poisoned”, said Buthelezi.

Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned by nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury in Wiltshire in 2018.

Head of RT Margarita Simonyan did not deny Krasovsky had been poisoned but said she had spoken to him and he would be 'fine - with God's help'.

He carried this with him during his 36 years in the Senate, when he led the tanking of Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court in proceedings that poisoned the judicial confirmation process for decades while palling around with Sen.

He used one of his famous headbutts against the demon and delivered a blow with the poisoned kunai.

He was sad to miss a community meeting in December where people discussed the problem of addictions and a poisoned drug supply.

However, Laurie said while the name sounded showy the poisoned quartet were the complete opposite.

Identity politics had poisoned most of the humanities as well as the sciences.

Instead she forces another Labour MP to pick up the poisoned chalice.

In the Letby case, blood samples also revealed that two babies – Baby F and Baby L - had been deliberately poisoned with insulin.

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Common combinations with poisoned

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "poisoned" in a sentence?
An example: "Numerous – probably fictitious – accounts circulated soon after his death that he had been killed by poisoned ale, poisoned plums or a "surfeit of peaches"." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "poisoned" from authentic English texts.
What does "poisoned" mean?
Poisoned means: Killed, paralysed, or harmed by receiving a dose of poison.
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