noun [U,C]
1 the fact or state of having swallowed or absorbed poison:
a series of deaths caused by carbon monoxide poisoning * At least 10000 children are involved in accidental poisonings every year.
2 the act of killing or harming sb/sth by giving them poison:
The police suspected poisoning. * The rats were controlled by poisoning.
seealsoBLOODPOISONING, FOODPOISONING
