to poison

Synonyms

infect

Examples

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. Jean Cocteau

There are also many instances where people hostile to the Soviet state are attempting by means of deceit and provocation to poison the minds of our citizens and compel them to believe in monstrous lies. Filipp Golikov

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. Henry A. Wallace

Grief unspoken turns to poison. Darkovan Proverb

Do not allow anger to poison you. Hopi Indian Proverb

The cow drinks water and it turns to milk; the snake drinks water and it turns to poison. Japanese Proverb

Words in the phrase

to poison

Close letter words and terms

to poetize to point out to poise to polish to pollute to ponder