as in poison
a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing
read a pamphlet on the toxin responsible for botulism, a food poisoning that can cause paralysis and even death in some cases
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Recent Examples of toxin
The increasing use of these toxins in recent decades may result in extensive health harms.
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Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Surprisingly, marine life appeared to tolerate toxins like TNT and RDX.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
The researchers hypothesized that the reason there are more organisms living on the warheads than around them is because living on a solid hard surface is more advantageous than more transient substrates – and, in doing so, the organisms had become more tolerant to toxins seeping from the weapons.
—New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
Without disclosing the use of these turbines or gaining proper air permits to release these toxins, Colossus was able to come online in 122 days, the quickest an AI supercomputer has been constructed to date.
—Michaela Rychetska, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
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Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Surprisingly, marine life appeared to tolerate toxins like TNT and RDX.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
The researchers hypothesized that the reason there are more organisms living on the warheads than around them is because living on a solid hard surface is more advantageous than more transient substrates – and, in doing so, the organisms had become more tolerant to toxins seeping from the weapons.
—New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
Without disclosing the use of these turbines or gaining proper air permits to release these toxins, Colossus was able to come online in 122 days, the quickest an AI supercomputer has been constructed to date.
—Michaela Rychetska, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toxin
Noun
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Historically, gossip is equal parts social glue and poison.—
Oriel FeldmanHall,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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In this lead-free America, children grow up with their minds and bodies not damaged by this poison.—
Tom Frieden,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Environmental advocates say the new regulation of air toxics, which was required under a 2022 bill called Public Protections From Toxic Air Contaminants, will make the state’s air cleaner and its people healthier.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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In 2023, 20 steel mills and coke plants nationwide emitted nearly 2.4 million pounds of air toxics, 289,722 tons of criteria air pollutants and 43.3 million metric tons of greenhouse gases, according to the study.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels, disease and human activity, such as pollution, have severely degraded Florida's reefs, according to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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In the series, Marie, an ambitious young woman of minor nobility, learns that her lung disease is terminal.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Raising it above heart level could quicken distribution of the venom to other parts of the body.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 2025
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Krishna discovers that Kaliya is living beneath the surface of a local pond and poisoning its waters with his venom.—
Seamus Sullivan
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Toxin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toxin. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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