I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ potent , powerful , strong , virulent
▪ deadly , lethal
▪ pure ( usually figurative )
▪
These words were pure ~ to me.
▪ nerve , rat
▪ chemical
… OF POISON
▪ trace
VERB + POISON
▪ administer , give sb , inject
▪ lace sth with , put in , put on
▪
She had laced his drink with ~.
▪
She had put ~ in his wine.
▪ spread ( figurative )
▪
groups that are spreading the ~ of sectarianism
▪ put down (= put somewhere to kill animals)
▪
The farmer had put down some rat ~.
▪ drink , swallow , take
▪ suck out
▪
He sucked most of the ~ from the wound.
POISON + NOUN
▪ gas , pill
▪ arrow , dart
II.
verb
Poison is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ atmosphere , ↑ mind , ↑ relation