Definitions

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  • verb To inject venom into.

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Examples

  • For them to envenomate a person a finger would likely have to be shoved back into the snake's mouth, a general bite wouldn't cause much if any concern.

    Adventure, X2 Khalil 2009

  • For them to envenomate a person a finger would likely have to be shoved back into the snake's mouth, a general bite wouldn't cause much if any concern.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Khalil 2009

  • It would need a good cleansing and some rest, but if Kyoka had tried to envenomate me, it hadn't worked.

    Changeling Galenorn, Yasmine 2007

  • And the spine can penetrate the skin, and, one, cause mechanical damage through the penetration, and, two, it can envenomate as well.

    CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2006 2006

  • You'll drive their fangs in and envenomate yourself.

    How to Avoid Spiders Douglas Hoffman 2005

  • You'll drive their fangs in and envenomate yourself.

    Archive 2005-08-01 Douglas Hoffman 2005

  • Could this be deer they'd failed to envenomate, or could it just be bullshit?

    Planet Atheism Pharyngula 2010

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