- containing poison; poisonous
- toxic chemicals/fumes/gases/substances
- to dispose of toxic waste
- Many pesticides are highly toxic.
- toxic to somebody/something This chemical is toxic to many forms of life.
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- toxic debt/loan/asset/investment a level of debt or high-risk investment that causes very serious problems for a bank or other financial institutionOxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
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- (informal, disapproving) (of a person, relationship or situation) very unpleasant, especially in the way somebody likes to control and influence other people in a dishonest way
- I felt trapped in this toxic relationship.
- The political situation is highly toxic.
- the toxic atmosphere that now exists in political life
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin toxicus ‘poisoned’, from Latin toxicum ‘poison’, from Greek toxikon (pharmakon) ‘(poison for) arrows’, from toxon ‘bow’.
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