Antidote and Poison

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Antidote noun - Something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable.

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Poison is an antonym for antidote.

Nearby Word: antidotal

Poison noun - A substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing.

Usage example: the only way to get rid of rats is to leave out poison

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Antidote is an antonym for poison in death topic.

Nearby Words: poisonous, poisoned, poisoning, poisoner

known	known antidote	known poison
rare	rare antidote	rare poison
special	special antidote	special poison
natural	natural antidote	natural poison
Other adjectives: specific, single, actual, real, unique, lethal, remaining, unknown, literal.

Subverted when it turned out that both poison and antidote are actually laxatives.

Source: Carrying the Antidote
The host smiles when he finishes, and explains that the "antidote" was actually the poison, and that he does NOT, in fact, have an antidote to it.

Source: Carrying the Antidote
The technological poison sniffers won't register the antidote, which is harmless, and the poison within his body can't be detected.

Source: Poison-and-Cure Gambit

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