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cyanide
noun(cy-a-nide)
a compound of cyanogen with a more electropositive element or group: such as
cyanide
noun(cy-a-nide)
potassium cyanide
cyanide
noun(cy-a-nide)
sodium cyanide
cyanide
noun(cy-a-nide)
a poisonous usually gaseous compound HCN that has the odor of bitter almonds
cyanide
noun(cy-a-nide)
hydrocyanic acid
cyanide
noun(cy-a-nide)
a very poisonous crystalline salt KCN used especially in gold and silver extraction from ore
cyanide
noun(cy-a-nide)
a white deliquescent poisonous salt NaCN used especially in electroplating, in fumigating, and in treating steel

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