Poisonous and Salutary

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Poisonous adjective - Containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing.

Usage example: some evil person was leaving out poisonous meat for neighborhood dogs to eat

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Salutary is an antonym for poisonous.

Nearby Words: poison, poisoned, poisoning, poisoner

Salutary adjective - Good for the health.

Usage example: increasing scientific evidence that a glass of wine a day is quite salutary

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Poisonous is an antonym for salutary.

Nearby Words: salutation, salutarily

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