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toxic

[ tok-sik ]

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin none or poison:

    a toxic condition.

  2. acting as or having the effect of a poison; poisonous:

    a toxic drug.

  3. causing unpleasant feelings; harmful or malicious: toxic criticism.

    a toxic boyfriend who wanted complete control over her;

    toxic criticism.

  4. Finance.
    1. pertaining to or noting debt that will probably not be repaid:

      toxic mortgages.

    2. pertaining to or noting a financial instrument or other asset that has no value or an unknown value because there is no market for it:

      toxic mortgage-backed securities.



noun

  1. a toxic chemical or other substance.

toxic

/ 藞迟蓲办蝉瑟办 /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or caused by a toxin or poison; poisonous
  2. harmful or deadly
  3. (of a financial asset) likely to cause significant loss to the holder
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

toxic

  1. Relating to or caused by a toxin.
  2. Capable of causing injury or death, especially by chemical means; poisonous.
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Derived Forms

  • 藞迟辞虫颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟辞虫路颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 丑测路辫别谤路迟辞虫路颈肠 adjective
  • 苍辞苍路迟辞虫路颈肠 adjective
  • non路迟辞虫路颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 辫辞蝉迟路迟辞虫路颈肠 adjective
  • 耻苍路迟辞虫路颈肠 adjective
  • un路迟辞虫路颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of toxic1

First recorded in 1655鈥65; from Late Latin toxicus 鈥減oisonous,鈥 derivative of toxicum 鈥減oison,鈥 from Greek 迟辞虫颈办贸苍 (for toxik貌n ph谩rmakon literally, 鈥渂ow poison,鈥 i.e., poison used on arrows), equivalent to 迟贸虫(辞苍) 鈥渂ow鈥 + -ikon, neuter of -ikos adjective suffix; -ic none
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of toxic1

C17: from medical Latin toxicus, from Latin toxicum poison, from Greek toxikon ( pharmakon ) (poison) used on arrows, from toxon arrow
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Then, in the summer of 1991, a catastrophic train derailment just north of town spilled nearly 20,000 gallons of a highly toxic herbicide into the Sacramento River.

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"The Gaza rubble is a very, very toxic environment," says Professor Bill Cookson, director of the National Centre for Mesothelioma Research in London.

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You don鈥檛 want to contaminate community compost piles with toxic plants.

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In a post on his blog, Knoepfler called Colossal鈥檚 claims 鈥渃olossal baloney鈥 and warned, 鈥渢his kind of hype is toxic and harmful to science including public trust.鈥

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He said: "You can't beat the far right by acting like them; legitimising their toxic rhetoric simply makes them louder and draws more media attention."

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