poison

• This poison was able to penetrate the bloodstream of our peopleunhindered and do its work, and the state did not possess the power to masterthe disease. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: Causes of the Collapse
• Mrs. Rowinski had the poison, and the possessor of the poison was the murderer. —  AHMM,July-August2008
• The same thing happened if your dog licked you when the poison was acting, so you had to be careful We were also evaluating it for use where we needed a complete sterilization program, perhaps to kill everything in the soil before plating certain crops The third medication, the oil, was given the next day. —  LeoA
• I'll check the horse's food and water and see if the poison was administered that way I'm on it, Jaggs While Shad was busy accessing the security vids, I tested Champion's water and feed station for cyanide. —  Analog SFF, November 2006
• What the poison was they did not venture to state, but one of their number, in the light of subsequent investigation, arrived at the conclusion that Derues had used in both cases corrosive sublimate. —  A Book of Remarkable Criminals

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