Toxic - English meaning

adjective

Able or likely to cause harm or injury.

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A dangerous animal

adjective

Able or likely to cause harm or death, or unpleasant problems

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Dangerous chemicals/bacteria, whooping cough is most dangerous for infants., dangerously high winds

adjective

Causing or able to cause death.

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A deadly weapon

adverb

In a way resembling or suggesting death; as if dead.

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Her skin was deadly pale

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Dangerous and able to kill

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A deadly poison

adjective

Causing great and irreparable damage.

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The destructive power of weapons

adjective

Causing, or able to cause, damage

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Destructive power the destructive power of nuclear weapons, i worry about the destructive effect th…

adjective

Causing death.

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A fatal accident

adjective

(of illness, accidents, etc.) causing death

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A fatal heart attack, a fatal mistake/flaw, several people were injured, two fatally.

adjective

Causing or likely to cause harm.

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The ozone layer blocks the harmful rays from the sun

adjective

Causing harm

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Harmful to this group of chemicals is known to be harmful to people with asthma.

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Causing or likely to cause damage or harm.

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Food which is injurious to health

adjective

Harmful

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Injurious to too much alcohol is injurious to your health.

adjective

Sufficient to cause death.

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A lethal cocktail of drink and pills

adjective

Able to cause or causing death; extremely dangerous

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A lethal weapon

adjective

Evil in nature or effect; malevolent.

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In the hands of malignant fate

adjective

(of a disease or tissue growing because of a disease) leading to death

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The pathologist’s report said the tumor was malignant.

adjective

(of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death.

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All men are mortal

noun

A human being subject to death, as opposed to a divine being.

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Capacities only possible of god rather than mortals

adjective

(of living things, esp. people) unable to continue living forever; having to die

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Humans are mortal and we all eventually die., as the ship began to sink, they realized they were in…

adjective

Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

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They were overcome by the noxious fumes

adjective

(esp. of a gas) poisonous or harmful

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Noxious gases

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Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

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The pernicious influences of the mass media

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Having a very harmful effect or influence

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The book focuses on the pernicious effects of slavery.

adjective

Relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases.

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Pestilential fever

adjective

Relating to or causing very serious infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people

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Smallpox is clearly the worst of the pestilential diseases., in the story, a pestilential fog envel…

adjective

(of a substance or plant) causing or capable of causing death or illness if taken into the body.

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Poisonous chemicals

adjective

Very harmful and able to cause illness or death

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Poisonous chemicals, can you tell the difference between poisonous mushrooms and edible varieties?,…

adjective

Not safe; dangerous.

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Drinking water in some areas may be unsafe

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Dangerous, or at risk

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The bridge is closed because it’s unsafe., carol feels unsafe in planes.

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(of an animal, especially a snake) secreting venom; capable of injecting venom by means of a bite or sting.

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A leading expert on venomous snakes

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A venomous snake, insect, etc., produces venom (= a poisonous liquid that can be put into another animal's body by biting or stinging)

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Possible hazards include mosquitoes, sandflies, and venomous snakes., the florida cottonmouth snake…

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(of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects.

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A virulent strain of influenza

adjective

(of a disease) dangerous and spreading quickly, or (of poison) having an effect very quickly

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A virulent strain of flu, virulent speech, several newspapers mounted virulent attacks.

adjective

A virulent disease or poison is dangerous and spreads or affects people very quickly

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A particularly virulent strain of flu has recently claimed a number of lives in the region.