# poisoned

Pronunciation: say "POY-zuhnd" /ˈpɔɪzn̩d/

## Adjective

1. Killed, paralyzed, or harmed as a result of taking in a dose of poison.
   - Simple: Hurt or killed after taking in poison.
   - _The poisoned soldiers were rushed to the field hospital._
   - _The victims appeared poisoned, their lips blue and their breathing shallow._
2. Containing poison and therefore able to harm or kill.
   - Simple: Having poison in it, so it can harm or kill you.
   - _The assassin coated the blade with a poisoned resin._
   - _Birds died after feeding on the poisoned grain left in the fields._
4. Having a strongly negative effect; deeply harmful to something such as a relationship or atmosphere.
   - Simple: Badly harmed or ruined by something, often by bad feelings.
   - _Decades of mistrust left relations between the two nations poisoned._
   - _A poisoned political climate made any compromise impossible._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of poison. — simple past and past participle of poison
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of poison. Use it for something that already happened.
   - _The jealous courtier poisoned the duke's wine._
   - _Many fish were poisoned when chemicals leaked into the lake._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/poisoned (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).