Usage Note
Toxique applies to literal poisons (substance toxique) and has become very common in informal French to describe harmful relationships or environments — une relation toxique ('a toxic relationship'). The related noun is toxicité and the prefix toxico- appears in toxicomane (drug addict).
Examples
"Ce produit chimique est très toxique."
Natural Translation
This chemical product is very toxic.
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