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