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poi‧son‧ous/ˈpɔɪzənəs/ adjective
1. containing poison or producing poison:
　 ▪ Some mushrooms are extremely poisonous.
　 ▪ poisonous gases such as hydrogen sulfide
　 ▪ poisonous substances
　 ▪ She was bitten on the ankle by a poisonous snake.
poisonous to
　 ▪ The berries are poisonous to birds.

2. full of bad and unfriendly feelings:
　 ▪ the poisonous atmosphere of the office

3. British English someone who is poisonous seems to get pleasure from causing arguments, unhappiness etc:
　 ▪ That poisonous bastard Lucett told Morris I was seeing his wife.

—poisonously adverb
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THESAURUS
▪poisonous containing or producing a substance that is likely to kill you, or make you very ill :
　 ▪ poisonous gas
　 ▪ poisonous snakes
　 ▪ The plant is poisonous to humans and animals.
▪toxic toxic chemicals and waste are poisonous to people and the environment :
　 ▪ Crops were sprayed with highly toxic chemicals.
　 ▪ Lead is toxic to humans.
　 ▪ The site was used for the disposal of toxic waste.
▪noxious [USUALLY BEFORE NOUN] formal noxious substances and gases are poisonous :
　 ▪ Vehicles pollute the air with noxious fumes
　 ▪ The soil may be contaminated with noxious substances.
▪hazardous [USUALLY BEFORE NOUN]hazardous substances are likely to harm people, animals, or the environment if they are not dealt with or got rid of carefully :
　 ▪ Lead is one of the most hazardous substances known, causing cancer and nerve damage.
　 ▪ The building is now unoccupied, and all radioactive or hazardous materials have been removed.
　 ▪ hazardous nuclear waste
▪deadly extremely poisonous and likely to kill you – used especially about poisons and snakes :
　 ▪ a deadly poison
　 ▪ a deadly snake
　 ▪ Terrorists plotted to release a deadly gas.
COLLOCATIONS CHECK
▪poisonous gas/substance/chemical/snake/insect/plant
▪toxic chemical/substance/waste
▪noxious substance/gas/fumes
▪hazardous waste/material/chemical
▪deadly poison/snake/gas/virus/disease

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a poisonous substance (also a noxious substanceformal) (= harmful to people)
▪ Cigarette smoke contains several poisonous substances.
a poisonous/toxic gas
▪ Carbon monoxide is the main poisonous gas in car exhaust.
a poisonous/venomous snake
▪ He warned me there were poisonous snakes in the region.
poisonous
▪ What should you do if your child has eaten a poisonous plant?
toxic/poisonous (=containing poison)
▪ The chemicals that were released were highly toxic.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
gas
▪ Carbon monoxide is present in all cigarette smoke and is also the poisonous gas in car exhausts.
▪ If hydrogen sulfide or some other poisonous gas is detected, Donahue dons an airtight breathing device and a hard hat.
▪ In addition, there was the constant danger of poisonous gas.
▪ The barrier of poisonous gas appeared to be less penetrable than the rock that had been tunnelled through.
▪ Carbon monoxide, a colourless, odourless and poisonous gas, is produced by incomplete combustion of carbon in fuels.
▪ Pilot Tom Hauptman flew his helicopter into clouds of steaming, poisonous gas.
▪ The poisonous gas is called carbon monoxide and gas appliances can produce it if they're not regularly serviced.
▪ Carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas which, when inhaled, limits the body's capacity to absorb oxygen.
gases
▪ Some emit poisonous gases which kill or temporarily paralyse any insects who attempt a meal.
▪ By then the influence of anaerobic decomposition and poisonous gases will have become obvious.
▪ Consequently poisonous gases arise to adversely affect the medium.
plant
▪ And for children, there are even more hazards: from ponds to poisonous plants and chemicals.
▪ The Yew tree is one of the most poisonous plants in the countryside.
▪ The poor world has great potential in this respect, including some 2,000 divisions of poisonous plants which might become pest killers.
snake
▪ Many of the animals are hostile to humans: for example, poisonous snakes and fierce mountain cats.
▪ The air is filled with a dingo's howl, the footpaths alive with the poisonous snakes on their slithering nocturnal hunt.
▪ Ruby Wax found some real wackos in West Virginia-loons who use poisonous snakes in religious ceremonies.
▪ The poisonous snakes invite a certain deference, and the rattlesnake is even canned occasionally for human consumption.
▪ In popular mythology poisonous snakes are always ready and waiting for the chance to strike out and kill their attackers.
▪ While on a mission, Paul was bitten by a poisonous snake.
▪ By the way, I don't keep any poisonous snakes.
▪ The King Cobra, or Hamadryad, is the largest of all poisonous snakes.
substance
▪ Botulism toxin from bacteria prevents the release of acetylcholine and is the most poisonous substance known.
▪ If there is evidence or suspicion of drugs or poisonous substances having been taken.
▪ Hangovers are actually the body's response of shock at being subjected to a substantial dose of a poisonous substance.
▪ Cube Boxfish can release a poisonous substance if badly-handled or attacked.
▪ The thick, unbreathable atmosphere carries traces of what to us are corrosive and poisonous substances.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ poisonous snakes
▪ Carbon monoxide is a highly poisonous gas, mostly produced by cars.
▪ Citizens demanded that the mayor apologize for his poisonous racist comments.
▪ Don't drink that -- it's poisonous!
▪ Many of our rivers are full of poisonous chemicals.
▪ The adder is the only poisonous snake in Britain.
▪ The boy died after eating poisonous berries.
▪ The plant's white berries are extremely poisonous.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A mimetic butterfly is one that resembles another kind of butterfly-usually a poisonous one.
▪ Forest Goblin Shamans keep small poisonous spiders in their mouths.
▪ It just seems bad, poisonous, as if anything at all could happen.
▪ It was the Mirror too which exposed the massive government cover-up last year over the poisonous waste being dumped on our beaches.
▪ Rincewind wondered if it was poisonous, then chided himself for asking such a silly question.
▪ She would probably marry one of those men with faces like mirrors, Gatsby-men, poisonous and charming.
▪ The air is filled with a dingo's howl, the footpaths alive with the poisonous snakes on their slithering nocturnal hunt.
▪ Those flowers are poisonous, child, and their perfume is a miasma.