| toxicity(pollution, taint, contamination, insalubrity) |
| twist(verb, influence, sway, bias, slant) |
| ulcer(verb, ruin, corrupt, blight) |
| venin(noun, substance, growth, death, tumor) |
| venomousness |
| antimony(noun, substance, staff, chemistry, bane) |
| cyanide |
| sully(verb, hurt, spoil, dirty, corrupt) |
| abase |
| acerbate(verb, upset, harm, sour, alienate) |
| adulteration(noun, substance, death) |
| adversity(noun, difficulty, informal, situation, hardship) |
| afflict |
| affliction(noun, trouble, ruin, difficulty, burden) |
| annihilate(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill) |
| bad(adjective, evil, offensive, corrupt, foul) |
| benumb(verb, fix, hit, drug, blunt) |
| blighted |
| calamity(noun, trouble, ruin, difficulty, burden) |
| communicability(pollution, taint, contamination) |