Gift

A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested

• He took poison by mistake.

  Er machte einen Fehler und trank Gift.

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• What kind of poison is this?

  Was ist das für ein Gift?

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Gift

Anything harmful to a person or thing

Gift

An alcoholic drink — Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?"selten

Gift

Any substance that inhibits catalytic activityselten

To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody)

• Someone tried to poison Tom.

  Jemand hat Tom zu vergiften versucht.

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• Why did you poison Tom?

  Warum hast du Tom vergiftet?

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To pollute; to cause to become poisonous

To cause to become much worse

To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions