Vocabulary
Toxic
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
poisonous.
Urdu meaning
زہریلا، جراثیمی زہر
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The water itself, often polluted, can be toxic in Pakistan.
- This Monday, four Lahore labourers died from inhalation of toxic fumes after entering a manhole for a clean-up job.
- A week earlier, two others had been killed by toxic gases in Karachi.
- A 21.6pc stake gave Kuwait significant power and the idea of a major British icon falling under effective control of an OPEC member state was politically toxic, even for a pro-market government like Thatcher`s.
- When toxic gases overwhelm him, there is no ambulance; there are only fellow workers who haul his unconscious body out like a sack of waste.
Synonyms
poisonous, venomous, virulent, noxious, dangerous, destructive, harmful, unsafe
Antonyms
non-toxic, harmless, safe
Curator example
“the dumping of toxic waste”
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