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Discover LudwigThe phrase "poisoning of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe the cause of death or physical harm caused by poisoning. For example, "The autopsy revealed the poisoning of the victim as the cause of death."
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It's the largest poisoning of a population in history (pdf).
Silent poisoning of their supposed masters was a deadly tool.
This poisoning of Romantic ideals of betterment redoubled anti-Romantic modernism after World War II.
This poisoning of the roots isn't just bad for higher education.
One is the apparent poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain.
As did the poisoning of the bodies on the boat and its sinking.
A Times reporter's engaging investigative report into the poisoning of Alexander V. Litvinenko.
"The food poisoning of people — is that just a cost of doing business?" one congressman asked.
The company faced millions of dollars in lawsuits over alleged lead poisoning of children.
Take the recent apparent poisoning of the Russian defector Sergei Skripal, in the U.K.
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The poisoning-of-the-well metaphor is apt.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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