Definitions for toxic
ˈtɒk sɪktox·ic

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1. toxic(adj)

   of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison

   "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"

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1. toxic(Adjective)

   Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.

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1. Toxic(adj)

   alt. of Toxical

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1. Toxic

   "Toxic" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears from her fourth album, In the Zone. It was written by the Swedish producers Bloodshy & Avant and Henrik Jonback and was released on January 12, 2004, by Jive Records as the second single from the album. After trying to choose between " Boom Boom" and "Outrageous" to be the second single from In the Zone, Spears selected "Toxic" instead. A dance-pop song with electropop influences, "Toxic" features varied instrumentation, such as drums, synthesizers and surf guitar. It is accompanied by high-pitched Bollywood strings and breathy vocals. Its lyrics refer to being addicted to a lover. The song has received critical acclaim by music critics, who deemed it as the strongest track of In the Zone, while praising its hook and chorus. "Toxic" attained worldwide success, reaching the top-five in fifteen countries, while topping the charts in Australia, Canada, Hungary, Norway and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it became her fourth Top 10 single. The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Joseph Kahn and features references to Blade Runner, The Seven Year Itch and the films of John Woo. It portrays Spears as a secret agent in the search of a vial of green liquid. After she steals it, she enters an apartment and poisons her unfaithful boyfriend. The video also includes interspersed scenes of Spears naked with diamonds over her body. After Janet Jackson's Super Bowl incident, the video was considered too racy for MTV and was moved to late-night programming.

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1. toxic

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British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'toxic' in Adjectives Frequency: #902

How to pronounce toxic?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of toxic in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of toxic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of toxic in a Sentence

1. Andrew White:

   It's the most cost competitive in terms of dollars spent per contaminant removed and that's simply because we've been able to generate such a high capacity for this toxic hydrogen sulfide, the other end that the customer really likes is that the other solid products that are out there are responsible for sending to landfill to get rid of, whereas with SufaCHAR we take it back and we redistribute it as an agricultural product, so it's cheaper and it has this great beneficial end use.

2. Frank Armijo:

   The challenge with existing flow batteries is that they lean heavily on materials like vanadium and zinc bromide which are extremely expensive and toxic, ours is neither of that.

3. Anuj Somany:

   A person who is truly positive will not merely advise others to stay away from the negative people ,but will also back-up own point with a solid action/reason somewhere as why s/he calls someone a toxic.

4. Colleen Kraft:

   Toxic stress is prolonged exposure to hormones such as cortisol, epinephrine, norepinephrine -- fight or flight hormones -- and then inflammatory hormones, in a very young child, that disrupts brain development.

5. The Minister:

   I think there is a widespread sense across the House and beyond that yesterday, the House did itself no credit, there was an atmosphere in the chamber worse than any I've known in my 22 years in the House. On both sides, passions were inflamed, angry words were uttered. The culture was toxic.

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