Cyanide
noun
A very poisonous chemical compound often used as a pesticide.
The investigators found traces of cyanide in the victim's blood.
Often appears as...
- cyanide poisoning
- cyanide compound
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Technical
noun
A class of compounds of cyanide with other elements or groups.
Potassium cyanide is a commonly used compound.
Often appears as...
- potassium cyanide
- sodium cyanide
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Technical
noun
A very poisonous chemical compound often used as a pesticide.
The investigators found traces of cyanide in the victim's blood.
Often appears as...
- cyanide poisoning
- cyanide compound
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A class of compounds of cyanide with other elements or groups.
Potassium cyanide is a commonly used compound.
Often appears as...
- potassium cyanide
- sodium cyanide
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Potent Poison
Cyanide is extremely lethal and should be referenced with caution in conversation.
Pesticides containing cyanide are highly regulated due to their toxicity.
Pro Tip 2/3Crime Stories
Cyanide is often mentioned in crime fiction and news reports about poisoning cases.
The mystery novel involved a dramatic twist with cyanide poisoning.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Casual Use
Due to its deadly nature, avoid using 'cyanide' in jokes or casual contexts.
It's not appropriate to joke about cyanide in a drink, even in a fictional story.
Pro Tip 1/3Potent Poison
Cyanide is extremely lethal and should be referenced with caution in conversation.
Pesticides containing cyanide are highly regulated due to their toxicity.
Pro Tip 2/3Crime Stories
Cyanide is often mentioned in crime fiction and news reports about poisoning cases.
The mystery novel involved a dramatic twist with cyanide poisoning.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Casual Use
Due to its deadly nature, avoid using 'cyanide' in jokes or casual contexts.
It's not appropriate to joke about cyanide in a drink, even in a fictional story.
Pro Tip 1/3Potent Poison
Cyanide is extremely lethal and should be referenced with caution in conversation.
Pesticides containing cyanide are highly regulated due to their toxicity.
Pro Tip 2/3Crime Stories
Cyanide is often mentioned in crime fiction and news reports about poisoning cases.
The mystery novel involved a dramatic twist with cyanide poisoning.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Casual Use
Due to its deadly nature, avoid using 'cyanide' in jokes or casual contexts.
It's not appropriate to joke about cyanide in a drink, even in a fictional story.
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Protecting the ocean for...
just cyanide and dynamite in order to mr. fish catch it would also include that to our marine sanctuaries uncut the marker boys delineated along the area in order to increase the fishing grounds if only they weren't his friends Billy said he would deport them but this fishermen
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Could a Saturn moon...
and we previously reported while they're not amino acids we're now finding things like propane and benzene hydrogen cyanide and formaldehyde and the tiny water crystals here now look for all the world like they are frozen droplets of salty water which is a discovery that
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The galactic recipe for...
is probably a little bit more surprising. I mean, we are going to need some organics in there, since we are thinking about organic life. But the organic molecule that seems to be at the center of the chemical networks that can produce biomolecules is hydrogen cyanide.
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What Lies Beneath PIPE...
aren't to make it look pretty that's warning coloration believe it or not this tiny little creature is one of the most venomous marine animals in the entire world the blue ringed octopus has been him a thousand times more toxic than cyanide and there's no known cure
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The biology of our best...
with my machine gun ready. He lunges for his Luger. I knock it out of his hand. He lunges for his cyanide pill. I knock that out of his hand. He snarls, comes at me with otherworldly strength. We grapple, we fight, I manage to pin him down
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Eating Poison Fish PIPE...
for careful preparation important when you're dealing with the toxin a thousand times stronger than cyanide i'd heard stories about people dying of trying the fugu but it hasn't really concerned me all the good humor in the world can't
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Carolyn Porco: Could a...
are in fact more complex than we previously reported. While they're not amino acids, we're now finding things like propane and benzene, hydrogen cyanide, and formaldehyde. And the tiny water crystals here now look for all the world
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If You're Scared of...
research collection we show arachnids which include spiders millipedes centipedes crustaceans and then insects we have lots of insects from all parts of the world these guys have a chemical defense they can spray cyanide not
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The mathematician who...
have been found, now, significant organic molecules. Molecules not just like methane, but formaldehyde and cyanide -- things that are the building blocks -- the seeds, if you will -- of life.
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The Impact of Keeping...
It's use is only in a few instances, but it is an issue that people have been looking at developing ways to test for the use of cyanide still. How is the process of catching fish monitored?
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Protecting the ocean for...
just cyanide and dynamite in order to mr. fish catch it would also include that to our marine sanctuaries uncut the marker boys delineated along the area in order to increase the fishing grounds if only they weren't his friends Billy said he would deport them but this fishermen
Video examples
Could a Saturn moon...
and we previously reported while they're not amino acids we're now finding things like propane and benzene hydrogen cyanide and formaldehyde and the tiny water crystals here now look for all the world like they are frozen droplets of salty water which is a discovery that
Video examples
The galactic recipe for...
is probably a little bit more surprising. I mean, we are going to need some organics in there, since we are thinking about organic life. But the organic molecule that seems to be at the center of the chemical networks that can produce biomolecules is hydrogen cyanide.
Video examples
What Lies Beneath PIPE...
aren't to make it look pretty that's warning coloration believe it or not this tiny little creature is one of the most venomous marine animals in the entire world the blue ringed octopus has been him a thousand times more toxic than cyanide and there's no known cure
Video examples
The biology of our best...
with my machine gun ready. He lunges for his Luger. I knock it out of his hand. He lunges for his cyanide pill. I knock that out of his hand. He snarls, comes at me with otherworldly strength. We grapple, we fight, I manage to pin him down
Video examples
Eating Poison Fish PIPE...
for careful preparation important when you're dealing with the toxin a thousand times stronger than cyanide i'd heard stories about people dying of trying the fugu but it hasn't really concerned me all the good humor in the world can't
Video examples
Carolyn Porco: Could a...
are in fact more complex than we previously reported. While they're not amino acids, we're now finding things like propane and benzene, hydrogen cyanide, and formaldehyde. And the tiny water crystals here now look for all the world
Video examples
If You're Scared of...
research collection we show arachnids which include spiders millipedes centipedes crustaceans and then insects we have lots of insects from all parts of the world these guys have a chemical defense they can spray cyanide not
Video examples
The mathematician who...
have been found, now, significant organic molecules. Molecules not just like methane, but formaldehyde and cyanide -- things that are the building blocks -- the seeds, if you will -- of life.
Video examples
The Impact of Keeping...
It's use is only in a few instances, but it is an issue that people have been looking at developing ways to test for the use of cyanide still. How is the process of catching fish monitored?
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Jon Gruden
American Coach
Tebow is the kind of guy who could revolutionize the game. He's the 'wildcat' who can throw. Most of the teams that have the wildcat back there, it's Ronnie Brown, it's Jerious Norwood, it's whoever you want to say it is. This guy here is 250 pounds of concrete cyanide, man. And he can throw. He throws well enough at any level to play quarterback.
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Carl Hart
American Educator
Drug reformers need to be hyper-vigilant. I understand that when you've been oppressed so long, so thirsty for truth, that when someone comes along and gives you a sip of water, you think that they're the savior. But in that water there may be cyanide.
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David Maisel
American Businessman
The active and abandoned tailings ponds I have photographed, for example, are strangely beautiful - yet they are also chock full of cyanide, which is used in the recovery of microscopic particles of gold from the waste tailings of copper mines.
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Barton Gellman
American Journalist
Leaders at the top of al Qaeda's hierarchy, the evidence shows, completed plans and obtained the materials required to manufacture two biological toxins - botulinum and salmonella - and the chemical poison cyanide.
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Elaine Stritch
American Actress
I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,' and I would have been good. But the image of it! And for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide.
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Tom Robbins
American Author
Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.
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Jon Gruden
American Coach
Tebow is the kind of guy who could revolutionize the game. He's the 'wildcat' who can throw. Most of the teams that have the wildcat back there, it's Ronnie Brown, it's Jerious Norwood, it's whoever you want to say it is. This guy here is 250 pounds of concrete cyanide, man. And he can throw. He throws well enough at any level to play quarterback.
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Carl Hart
American Educator
Drug reformers need to be hyper-vigilant. I understand that when you've been oppressed so long, so thirsty for truth, that when someone comes along and gives you a sip of water, you think that they're the savior. But in that water there may be cyanide.
Quote examples
David Maisel
American Businessman
The active and abandoned tailings ponds I have photographed, for example, are strangely beautiful - yet they are also chock full of cyanide, which is used in the recovery of microscopic particles of gold from the waste tailings of copper mines.
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Barton Gellman
American Journalist
Leaders at the top of al Qaeda's hierarchy, the evidence shows, completed plans and obtained the materials required to manufacture two biological toxins - botulinum and salmonella - and the chemical poison cyanide.
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Elaine Stritch
American Actress
I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,' and I would have been good. But the image of it! And for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide.
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Tom Robbins
American Author
Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.
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