poisonous substance

collocation in English

meaningsofpoisonousandsubstance

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poisonous
adjective
uk
/ˈpɔɪ.zən.əs/us
/ˈpɔɪ.zən.əs/
very harmful and able to cause illness ...
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substance
noun
uk
/ˈsʌb.stəns/us
/ˈsʌb.stəns/
material with particular ...
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(Definition ofpoisonousandsubstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is a saying that there is no such thing as apoisonoussubstance, but only a poisonous concentration.
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We must stop regarding that gas as apoisonoussubstancewhich does us enormous harm.
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The important thing is to find out who allowed thispoisonoussubstanceto get into the river system.
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When large quantities of apoisonoussubstance—that is what it is—are put into the water supply, there must also be a balancing effect.
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Will he say a little more about thispoisonoussubstance?
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Another explanation is that it had been cut or mixed—that is, diluted—with apoisonoussubstanceas yet unidentified.
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In both cases, the cattle went through fields of kale, and broke down substantial fences in order to eat thispoisonoussubstance.
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But the basic argument is, first of all, that there might be a store containing some verypoisonoussubstance, say, fluorocetamide.
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Quite apart from silage effluent, buildings anywhere near a river in a highly farmed area should not be allowed to drain off anypoisonoussubstanceinto the surface drainage.
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As the pre-notification system has failed in so many instances, it is possible for incidents to occur in which people are sprayed directly by apoisonoussubstance.
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Early formulas also used, as the analgesic ingredient, acetanilide, now known as apoisonoussubstance.
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Barrels contained some toxic chemicals like trimethylsilyl chloride and hexamethyldisiloxane, about of apoisonoussubstancein each.
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Conditioned taste aversion occurs when a subject associates the taste of a certain food with symptoms caused by a toxic, spoiled, orpoisonoussubstance.
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Apoisonoussubstancemay be added as an even more powerful deterrent.
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They can coexist in an aquatic environment with small, noncarnivorous fish, as their skin secretes apoisonoussubstancewhen the newt is threatened or injured.
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Calcium oxalate is apoisonoussubstancethat can produce sores and numbing on ingestion and could even be fatal.
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He immediately realized that he had been poisoned and attempted to purge his digestive system of thepoisonoussubstance, but it was too late.
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These include danaidone, apoisonoussubstancethat helps to protect it from predators, which is later passed on to the eggs.
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The use of such ingredients required individuals with basic medical skills, who were also capable of handling poisonous substances.
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This is due, of course, to the problems of disposing of many toxic or poisonous substances.
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