adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a poisonous/toxic gas
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Carbon monoxide is the main poisonous gas in car exhaust.
a toxic substance (= harmful to people and the environment )
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All toxic substances should be labelled and carefully stored in a safe place.
a toxic/dangerous compound (= containing poisonous or harmful substances )
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toxic compounds such as heavy metals
hazardous/toxic waste
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the illegal dumping of hazardous waste
toxic emissions (= poisonous )
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By the end of the decade we could reduce toxic emissions by half.
toxic pollutants
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a dumping ground for toxic pollutants
toxic shock syndrome
toxic waste
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a toxic waste dump
toxic/poisonous (= containing poison )
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The chemicals that were released were highly toxic.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
highly
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Liver damage is known to occur when the breakdown product of a chemical is highly toxic .
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Heating oil is highly toxic in the short term, but it evaporates quickly, reducing the long-term damage.
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Read in studio A man who's accused of dumping highly toxic waste into a river has been remanded on bail.
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Police are warning that the chemicals are highly toxic and anyone who comes into contact with them should seek urgent medical attention.
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The drugs used are highly toxic and those in charge have to learn the dangers both to themselves and to patients.
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Among that sludge were quantities of the heavy metal Cadmium, known to be highly toxic .
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But it appears to be highly toxic , especially when vaporised.
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High level waste remains active for 250,000 years and is highly toxic to most life forms.
less
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Last year it was decided that even less toxic paints could not be put in the ground.
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Other less toxic or benign metals such as calcium, magnesium, and strontium are also efficiently dissolved.
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Catalysts convert carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide, which is less toxic , but equally polluting to the environment.
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Such regimens reduce the cost of administration and may be less toxic .
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It is less effective in treating ulcers than carbenoxolone but it is also less toxic .
more
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The materials available to our grandmothers were either more toxic or less effective.
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Levels are 250 times more toxic than the concentration that kills trout.
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Only its natural decay product, polonium, is more toxic .
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A return to even more toxic chemicals?
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However, the initial products of the enzyme reactions are sometimes more toxic than the original chemical.
most
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Beyond the barrier lay some of the most toxic chemicals known, awaiting destruction by fire.
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But there was yet another metal involved: aluminum, which could be the most toxic of all.
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This is the first time that plutonium, the most toxic substance in the world, has been discovered in scrap metal.
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The waste is the most toxic remains of the industrial accident at Seveso in 1976.
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Nigel Armstrong, Leeds, Yorkshire I keep reading that plutonium is the most toxic substance in the world.
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The dioxins include some of the most toxic by-products ever created by the chemical industry.
potentially
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In Chapter 8, the author describes a number of tests to monitor both nutrients and potentially toxic species in agricultural soils.
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The society argues that the assessment was inaccurate and inadequate, particularly as it made no mention of potentially toxic chemicals.
very
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One week the algae could be clear of toxins and the next week very toxic but no one yet know why.
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Blood is very toxic to neurons, which stop working and often die when the blood comes in direct contact with them.
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Give any large areas a squirt of zinc chromate primer but beware - it is very toxic and carcinogenic.
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A test kit for ammonia is very essential, as it is very toxic .
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Warning: Mercury is very toxic and the switch must not be cut open in any circumstances.
■ NOUN
chemical
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Beyond the barrier lay some of the most toxic chemicals known, awaiting destruction by fire.
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An initial program may include only the most acutely toxic chemicals .
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Numerous instances of the dumping or abandonment of toxic chemicals and other materials have been discovered.
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That fancy motherboard that runs your computer is dipped in toxic chemicals .
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Army scatter-spray these toxic chemicals from planes.
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Entire coastal bays and lagoons along the coast have been fouled by oil spills and the runoff of toxic chemicals .
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The cause, it appears, is the ever-increasing burden of toxic chemicals to which we are exposed.
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You want some weirdo skulking around the aisles, spraying toxic chemicals all over the place?
dump
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The exam-ple that first comes to mind is Superfund, the response to toxic dumps .
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The mesquite forests that once lined a river brimming with unique native fish have given way to banks of toxic dumps .
emission
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Laws about toxic emissions , like membership of regulatory bodies, have been dictated by industry lobbyists.
fumes
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We campaigned ferociously to ban the stuff that could kill people in minutes with its toxic fumes .
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The other, in 1972, happened when a man was overcome by toxic fumes .
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They give off thick black toxic fumes , which often prove to be more lethal than the flames themselves.
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Also, you may throw on the fire something that gives off toxic fumes .
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There was serious talk of ecological suicide, criminal irresponsibility and the evils of toxic fumes merging with alcoholic ones.
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Do not use the stove inside a tent because of the risk of fire and toxic fumes .
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Rubbish litters our countryside, toxic fumes are belched into our air and radioactive discharge pollutes our seas.
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This apparently disposes of the toxic fumes much more safely.
gases
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These pellets should not be used extensively in the domestic market because of the possibility of their producing toxic gases when incompletely burnt.
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Our engineers have incorporated a 3-way catalytic converter into an advanced engine design that reduces toxic gases by up to 95%.
level
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It is estimated that lead reaches toxic levels in the blood of 17 percent of urban children under school age.
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The concurrent administration of disulfiram may result in toxic levels of these drugs.
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Medical advice suggests that they are not yet at toxic levels , which would pose a threat to human health.
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This unmanaged data tide is at toxic levels .
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Because of the small difference between therapeutic and toxic levels in the serum, accurate measurements of lithium concentrations are essential.
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In general, the long-acting barbiturates have higher therapeutic and toxic levels than the shorter-acting barbiturates.
material
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Further, soft coal sometimes contains dangerous concentrations of toxic materials such as arsenic, antimony, and cadmium.
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These toxic materials are washed down rivers into lakes and oceans, contributing to freshwater and marine extinctions.
metal
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Over the last three years, water pumped from the convention center exceeded state standards for toxic metals on 11 occasions.
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They calculate severe leaching of such toxic metals as beryllium, aluminum, mercury, lead, and cadmium.
pollutant
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The city's canals are used as a dumping ground for a range of toxic pollutants .
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One capable of reducing by more than 90% the trio of toxic pollutants in exhaust.
shock
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We report a fatal case of toxic shock syndrome in a 14 year old girl associated with minor day case dermatological surgery.
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Unlike necrotizing fasciitis, the toxic shock caused by strep infection was virtually unheard of 10 years ago.
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In 1990, streptococcal toxic shock nearly killed Jessica Esquivel, then 6, of Imperial Beach.
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In every mouthful a toxic shock .
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Since 1990, Bradley said two children besides Jessica have been admitted to the hospital with severe streptococcal toxic shock .
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Twenty four hours after admission toxic shock syndrome was finally diagnosed.
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If this is the case then the mystery which originally shrouded toxic shock syndrome has been solved.
substance
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New nosodes have also been added to the armamentarium and special remedies prepared from specific antigens and toxic substances .
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Well, he claims that her problems are caused by toxic substances she must have eaten as a child.
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This is the first time that plutonium, the most toxic substance in the world, has been discovered in scrap metal.
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Occupational health laws regulate toxic substances in the work environment.
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Be careful with toxic substances and always follow the directions on the bottles with great care.
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The toxic substances department must approve it and hammer out a legal agreement with the group before moving forward.
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Nigel Armstrong, Leeds, Yorkshire I keep reading that plutonium is the most toxic substance in the world.
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Groundand balloon-carried sensors tested the air for toxic substances .
waste
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They included the construction of sewage purification plants in 100 coastal cities and the establishment of at least 25 supervised toxic waste depots.
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What about the dumping of toxic waste ?
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It proposes a two-year ban on exports of toxic waste while the new technologies are being tested.
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He feels much of the opposition is based on the false belief that the incinerator will also handle toxic waste .
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Even allowing for O'Donovan doing half as much business, this would mean 3000 tonnes of toxic waste leaving Ireland a year.
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Unlike the gentle technique described earlier, anti-cellulite massage should be vigorous to help drain away toxic wastes from the tissues.
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Ammonia is the toxic waste produced by the fish and this is initially bacterially broken down to nitrite in your filtration system.
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Read in studio A man who's accused of dumping highly toxic waste into a river has been remanded on bail.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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toxic chemicals
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Carbon dioxide is not highly toxic to animals or humans in small amounts.
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highly toxic radioactive waste products
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Research has found that the drug contains a toxic chemical that can cause respiratory problems.
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We need more installations for the disposal of toxic waste.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A pathologist gave the cause of death as toxic poisoning from a combination of Coproximol and alcohol.
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An initial program may include only the most acutely toxic chemicals.
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Certain toxic syndromes indicating a specific substance may become familiar to medical staff owing to frequent local abuse.
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Disulfiram should not be used or used cautiously in any person at increased risk for having a toxic reaction.
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I began to feel slightly nauseous and wondered if Archie's words might be having a toxic effect.
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The plastic is removed by burning it off, a process that creates a haze of toxic smoke.
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This toxic recycling has sucked the life out of political debate.