Collocations for poison - noun
ADJECTIVE
potent,
powerful,
strong,
virulent
deadly, lethal
pure (usually figurative)
These words were pure poison to me.
deadly, lethal
pure (usually figurative)
These words were pure poison to me.
nerve,
rat
chemical
chemical
VERB + poison
administer,
give sb,
inject
lace sth with, put in, put on
She had laced his drink with poison.
She had put poison in his wine.
lace sth with, put in, put on
She had laced his drink with poison.
She had put poison in his wine.
spread
(figurative)
groups that are spreading the poison of sectarianism
groups that are spreading the poison of sectarianism
put down
(= put somewhere to kill animals)
The farmer had put down some rat poison.
The farmer had put down some rat poison.
drink,
swallow,
take
suck out
He sucked most of the poison from the wound.
suck out
He sucked most of the poison from the wound.