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— English words —

• poison␣pill n. (Business) Any strategy designed to produce negative results for an entity carrying out a takeover.
• poison␣pill n. (Politics) A provision in a bill that leads to people who would have supported it opposing it instead.
• poison␣pill n. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poison, pill.

— English words, defined in French —

• poison␣pill n. (Finance) Stratégie d’une entreprise ayant pour but de produire des effets négatifs pour l’entité qui…
• poison␣pill n. (Politique) Disposition d’une loi qui fait que les personnes s’y opposent alors qu’ils auraient soutenu…
• poison␣pill n. (Sens propre) Pilule empoisonnée.

34 English words from 3 English definitions

Any bill Business carrying carrying␣out designed entity figuratively for have idiomatically instead leads negative opposing other other␣than out people pill poison Politics produce provision results see strategy supported takeover than that Used who would

14 English words from 3 foreign definitions

but des Disposition effets entreprise fait Finance les Pilule Politique pour propre que Sens

17 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

alors auraient ayant empoisonnée entité fait␣que ils loi négatifs opposent personnes produire qui Sens␣propre soutenu Stratégie une

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

poison␣pills

29 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ill ILL 'ill I'll Ill. iso ISO iso- ison Ison NPI OIs OIS ONP PIL pill Pill poi POI P.O.I. pois POIs POIS P.O.I.s poison son Son SON -son

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

IOP lip LIP lip- nos Nos NOS Nºˢ nos. Nos. OSI SIOP

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

poison␣pills

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