as in poisonous
containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing
a venomous arrow
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Recent Examples of venomous
Here's what to know about the reptiles (and which are venomous).
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Maria Leontaras, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Our industry faces the most sophisticated, venomous, creeping evil in America’s history.
—Dan Gilroy, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
Are flying, venomous Joro spiders moving north?
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Sep. 2025
His goal in the first leg distilled everything that marks him out as a world-beater: the balance and acceleration to glide past defenders, capped by a venomous, curling strike into the corner.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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Maria Leontaras, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Our industry faces the most sophisticated, venomous, creeping evil in America’s history.
—Dan Gilroy, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
Are flying, venomous Joro spiders moving north?
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Sep. 2025
His goal in the first leg distilled everything that marks him out as a world-beater: the balance and acceleration to glide past defenders, capped by a venomous, curling strike into the corner.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for venomous
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Powell County paramedic Eddie Barnes and one of his team members were called to the Kentucky Reptile Zoo in May after the zoo’s co-director, James Harrison, was bitten by a poisonous mamba snake, local news outlet LEX 18 reported.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Rather than allowing herself to be captured by the Romans, legend has it that Cleopatra let a poisonous asp bite her in Alexandria, according to the documentary.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Constant procedural upheaval and backlogs are poison.—
Scott White,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Behavior and reproduction Most frogs are nocturnal, but not poison frogs.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
28 Feb. 2020
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“Venomous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venomous. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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