1
as in poison
a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing
an antidote to snake venom
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2
as in malice
the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm
a neighborhood gossip of such venom that she was feared by all and genuinely liked by no one
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Recent Examples of venom
Medical experts say if a rattlesnake bites, keep the area still, at or below heart level, do not apply ice, do not cut the wound, and do not suck out the venom – and seek help immediately.
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Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Spiders have venom to subdue prey, but the majority have fangs that are too tiny to puncture human skin.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
The very notion of national unity in a time of war seems utterly beyond this president, who follows his capricious instincts and continues, as ever, to spray venom at domestic opponents (and, for that matter, allies) when they are needed to wage and win the war.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Then there’s Haim, so full of venom and vitriol, who depending on one’s perspective is low-key the hero or villain of the film.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
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Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Spiders have venom to subdue prey, but the majority have fangs that are too tiny to puncture human skin.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
The very notion of national unity in a time of war seems utterly beyond this president, who follows his capricious instincts and continues, as ever, to spray venom at domestic opponents (and, for that matter, allies) when they are needed to wage and win the war.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Then there’s Haim, so full of venom and vitriol, who depending on one’s perspective is low-key the hero or villain of the film.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for venom
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Harold Allen obituary/Ashley Jones Facebook Investigators say those thousands of texts revealed Marsha and Ashley tried to kill Harold over and over again with a variety of exotic poisons.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Italian authorities have opened a double murder investigation following the deaths of a mother and her teenage daughter following a Christmas Eve meal last year, after prosecutors said preliminary blood tests showed the pair had the poison ricin in their systems.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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Nancy’s malice ran the gamut from the petty to the pivotal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Officers arrested Granger on Tuesday and charged him with rape, aggravated assault, malice murder, and two counts of felony murder.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Taking supporting women’s wrongs—and rights—to new levels, everyone’s favorite toxic on-screen Girl Boss duo are back for a fourth season of Industry: Harper Stern and Yasmin Kara-Hanani.—
Chloe Laws,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Michigan Legislature passed a law in 2008 meant to protect the public from harmful electronic waste toxics.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
27 Dec. 2025
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Gracie’s discovery is squelched and this character’s value to the play comes in establishing how institutional silence can have an equally pernicious impact on confronting social hatreds.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
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There is nothing quite like the theater and hatred that comes when the Penguins and Flyers share a sheet of ice.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Fox, 64, has worked for decades with Parkinson’s disease, which he was diagnosed with at age 29 in the early 1990s but kept private until 1998.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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For instance, there may be more car crashes, animal bites, property damage and zoonotic disease transmission.—
Daniel T. Blumstein,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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But the livers of some patients have been found to contain clusters of cells that produce an enzyme capable of breaking down the toxins.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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While working in my lab, my former student Dan Lajoie discovered that the toxin transforms these surface molecules into unusual ring structures.—
Matthew Cordes,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Venom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venom. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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