poisoning (n.)
- adulteration
- bane
- beheading
- blood
- bloodletting
- bloodshed
- burning
- contamination
- corruption
- crucifixion
- decapitation
- defenestration
- defilement
- destruction
- dispatch
- electrocution
- ergotism
- euthanasia
- execution
- extermination
- festering
- fusillade
- garrote
- gassing
- gore
- hanging
- hemlock
- immolation
- infection
- intoxication
- kill
- killing
- lapidation
- martyrdom
- misuse
- perversion
- pollution
- prostitution
- pyemia
- sacrifice
- sepsis
- septicemia
- shooting
- slaughter
- slaying
- stoning
- strangling
- strangulation
- suppuration
- toxemia
- vitiation
Th' adorning thee with so much art
Is but a barb'rous skill;
'T is like the pois'ning of a dart,
Too apt before to kill.