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How to pronounce “poison”

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Pronunciation guide for poison

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of poison with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: What Elephants Knowelephants by shooting them with poison arrows.
Definition summary: A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.

Example 1 of 8

What Elephants Know

elephants by shooting them with poison arrows.

[Noun]
A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
(figuratively) Anything harmful to a person or thing.
(informal, idiomatic) An alcoholic drink. (Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?")
(chemistry) Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.
[Verb]
(transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
(transitive) To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
(transitive) To cause to become much worse.
(transitive) To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
(chemistry) To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
(transitive, computing) To place false or malicious data into (a cache, etc.) as part of an exploit.

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