toxic

IPA: tˈɑksɪk

adjective

  • (toxicology, pharmacology) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
  • (medicine) Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems.
  • (figurative) Severely negative or harmful.
  • (figurative, of a person) Hateful or strongly antipathetic.
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Examples of "toxic" in Sentences

  • The vapor is toxic to the moths.
  • The toxicity of the venom varies.
  • Ethyl chloride is the least toxic chemical.
  • Exposure to toxic chemicals is the cause of the illness.
  • Chromium toxicity refers to the toxic effects of chromium.
  • Chemical, some of the toxic, may be used to scavenge oxygen.
  • It is indigestible, with no nutritional value and no toxicity.
  • TOM COMERFORD, TOUR GUIDE: Have you ever heard of the term toxic assets?
  • AMANPOUR: And fighting back against what they call a toxic, secular society.
  • The camp provided training in the use of explosives and toxic chemical usage.
  • The report implicated exposure to toxic chemicals as the cause of the illness.
  • Picloram is of moderate toxicity to the eyes and only mildly toxic on the skin.
  • AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG: No, John was concerned about what he calls toxic speech.
  • Congressman Lewis said he was warning about the dangers of what he calls toxic language.
  • It's going to subsidize private investors, who hopefully -- they were hoping will come in and buy some of this what they call toxic waste.
  • Just because a planet has what you call a toxic atmosphere of carbon dioxide and a surface temperature of 1,700 doesn\'t mean it doesn\'t have some kind of life thriving there.
  • Although we can certainly have toxic relatives, toxic thoughts, or toxic relationships, I generally use the term toxic in discussing two broad classes of toxins: environmental and internal.
  • Lord Patten, the BBC Trust chairman, has signalled that the corporation would address what he called a "toxic" public relations problem by cutting the pay of some of its most senior executives.

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