poison pill
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poison, pill.
Example Sentences
- "The study also concludes that there is no indication that poison pills reduce the chance that a company will become a takeover target. In contrast, if investors viewed the introduction of the poison pill as deterring potential takeover attempts, the effect on shareholder returns would be negative."
- "There are reasons Twitter may opt not to do a poison pill. It might be wary of potential criticism that a poison pill is deflecting the concerns of a highly vocal member of its community."
- "They want to load the bills up with poison pills, measures the Republicans are inserting in the legislation to make sure I will veto it, so they can pretend it's not just the poison pill I'm against but the bill itself."
- ""It was a poison pill," Zwonitzer said of the creation of the state military. "We're a landlocked state that does not need an aircraft carrier.""