1. the act or process of poisoning or contaminating something
Usage: archaic or literary

1. present participle of empoison; to poison or contaminate; to make bitter or harmful
Usage: archaic or literary; transitive verb

Examples

• The empoisoning of the well threatened the entire village's water supply.
• He accused his rival of empoisoning the king's mind against him.
• The scandal was empoisoning public trust in the institution.
• Medieval texts describe empoisoning as a method of assassination.
• Rumors were empoisoning the atmosphere at the company.
• The toxic waste was empoisoning the river ecosystem.