{
    "term": "toxic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "containing poison; poisonous",
            "sensetop": "toxic to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**toxic chemicals/fumes/gases/substances**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to dispose of **toxic waste**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many pesticides are **highly toxic**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This chemical is toxic to many forms of life.",
                    "contextForm": "toxic to somebody/something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "stay"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a level of debt or high-risk investment that causes very serious problems for a bank or other financial institution",
            "sensetop": "toxic debt/loan/asset/investment",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "stay"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "very unpleasant, especially in the way somebody likes to control and influence other people in a dishonest way",
            "labels": "(informal, disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I felt trapped in this toxic relationship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The political situation is highly toxic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the toxic atmosphere that now exists in political life"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "stay"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɒksɪk/",
                "audio": "to/toxic/toxic__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɑːksɪk/",
                "audio": "to/toxic/toxic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin toxicus ‘poisoned’, from Latin toxicum ‘poison’, from Greek toxikon (pharmakon) ‘(poison for) arrows’, from toxon ‘bow’."
}