poisoned

5 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to kill a person or animal or to make them very ill by giving them poison:

Four members of the family had been poisoned, but not fatally.

to put poison in someone's food or drink:

He said that someone had poisoned his coffee.

to add dangerous chemicals or other harmful substances to something such as water or air:

The chemical leak had poisoned the water supply.

to spoil a friendship or another situation, by making it very unpleasant:

The long dispute has poisoned relations between the two countries.