cyanide
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈsaɪəˌnaɪd/
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cianuro
- The risks of eating fish caught with cyanide are also unknown.
- cyanide fishing
- caught with cyanide
- hydrogen cyanide
And he encouraged, insisted that all of his people take the cyanide.
- And he encouraged, insisted that all of his people take the cyanide.
- What form does hydrogen cyanide come in?
- So important to note that the leaves and the stems and the tubers of this plant contain cyanide and they are poisonous if eaten raw.
- So he was deposed to sort of talk about how difficult it was to kill people with gas, with cyanide and all the stuff.
- I mean, they have these vats, you, you, you do use cyanide in, in extracting gold in, in, in getting gold out of the ore.
- So if you put cyanide in a vaccine, I think we could agree that that wouldn't be a good thing, right?
- But I, I had just that day read about the cyanide thing.
- So I like the concept of that one cyanide pill.
Examples
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The difficulty of putting an end to cyanide fishing should not be underestimated.
Academic text (1998) -
So important to note that the leaves and the stems and the tubers of this plant contain cyanide and they are poisonous if eaten raw.
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Gold mines use cyanide to help recover the gold from the dirt.
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In the face of powerful economic pressures, is there any hope of curtailing cyanide fishing?
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This is a public health issue, like an unsafe air frame on a passenger jet... or some company dumping cyanide into the East River.
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The detective suspected that the murder weapon might have been cyanide, given the symptoms of the victim.
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During the investigation, they discovered traces of cyanide near the scene, suggesting foul play.
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Farmers must be careful when handling certain plants, as they can produce cyanide if consumed without proper preparation.
Compounds
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A serious life-threatening illness caused by breathing or swallowing cyanide, often from fire smoke and industrial chemicals
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7.5
A very poisonous liquid or gas that smells of bitter almonds and can kill if breathed in
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A very poisonous white chemical used to get gold and to coat metal in factories
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A very poisonous white chemical used in mining to get gold from rock
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A method of taking gold and silver from ore using a cyanide solution
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A small chemical group made of one carbon and one nitrogen atom written as -CN
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A small group of one carbon and one nitrogen atom, written -CN, found in many chemicals and often poisonous
How Toxic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cyanide comes from cyan, a word for a blue color that goes back to the Greek kyanos, meaning 'dark blue'. Chemists gave the name because some early cyanide chemicals made deep blue substances, but today cyanide means a very poisonous chemical that contains the CN group.