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as in tainting
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable
poisoning the minds of impressionable children with ethnic hatred
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as in polluting
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
exhaust fumes poisoning the air
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as in degrading
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
this party partisanship poisons the national debate we should be having about this urgent problem
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as in turning
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
malicious rumors had poisoned many church members against the new pastor
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Recent Examples of poisoning
Salting on sidewalks and driveways can also run off into your lawn and landscape, poisoning your plants.
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Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
Defense lawyers said that speech included a series of improper and prejudicial comments against the defendants and their legal team, poisoning any potential jurors against them.
—Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
These are people who are here in this country, who have been murdering, raping, poisoning our citizens.
—NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Environmental, climate and health issues Some in this California beach town insist the Tijuana River is poisoning them.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
Defense lawyers said that speech included a series of improper and prejudicial comments against the defendants and their legal team, poisoning any potential jurors against them.
—Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
These are people who are here in this country, who have been murdering, raping, poisoning our citizens.
—NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Environmental, climate and health issues Some in this California beach town insist the Tijuana River is poisoning them.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poisoning
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No matter the political complications, countries continued to deploy clean energy at a rapid clip this year driven by economics (renewables are often cheaper than fossil fuels) and energy-security concerns (producing clean electricity at home means less reliance on polluting imports).—
Justin Worland,
TIME,
26 Dec. 2024
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This is yet another example of how humans and the organizations run by humans are polluting the Earth and its bodies of water with all sorts of things including a range of different pharmaceutical products.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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The regulations, enacted by the Obama administration, prevented internet providers from degrading competitors’ services.—
Ian Prasad Philbrick,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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But Israel has drifted far from this vision, culminating in its current government’s outspoken goal of annexing the West Bank, while degrading the rights of Arab Israelis.—
Ben Krull,
New York Daily News,
29 Dec. 2024
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Rivers insisted Monday that there are different ways of convincing a team its record is not reflective of its abilities.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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In their calculation, their chances of reversing vaccine injury with unsupported, experimental treatments are better than convincing policy makers to care for disabled people.—
Catherine Tan,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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Moffett also said artificial intelligence isn’t driving an upgrade cycle as hoped, noting that there is weakening demand in China along with antitrust concerns.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
8 Jan. 2025
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With high expectations for future new orders along with expanding current new orders, the outlooks for material handling and supply chain industries are positive, despite some weakening in the December MHI BAI report.—
Jason Schenker,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Her body is deteriorating in front of us, and yet my daughter and her vet say, if (the dog) looks happy, leave her be.—
Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2024
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With the relationship between the two companies deteriorating, Qualcomm may have to consider using another architecture before its ALA expires in 2033.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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The flowers and the ferns put themselves to bed, shedding petals, drying and darkening, folding up.—
Richard Brookhiser,
National Review,
19 Dec. 2024
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The weather is darkening, the leaves are falling and the zombies are nearing your doorstep.—
Annalise Frank,
Axios,
21 Oct. 2024
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At least in the short run, this diluting might potentially have negative effects on the price per share as the market adjusts to the extra shares.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Businesses should ensure their monitoring strategies address both objectives where relevant, without diluting the specific focus of fraud prevention tools.—
Einaras von Gravrock,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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The most pressing problem concerns European Union rules on carbon dioxide emissions, with bottom-line-destroying fines for the bigger failures.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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As a series of explosions could be heard destroying the structure's support pillars, causing the old hotel to fall inward, the crowd of onlookers are heard in the video erupting in cheers.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Poisoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poisoning. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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