Synonyms for cyanide
ˈsaɪ əˌnaɪd, -nɪdcyanide

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1. nitrile, nitril, cyanidenoun

   any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN

   Synonyms:
   nitril, nitrile

2. cyanidenoun

   an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid

   Synonyms:
   nitril, nitrile

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1. • Organic Compound
   • Salt

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1. List of paraphrases for "cyanide":

   cyanide-based, cyanidation

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1. Environmental Protection official Tian Weiyong:

   Cyanide pollution is severe inside the warning zone. Outside the zone overall, the amount of cyanide detected is at normal range.

2. Yoshiko Shimabukuro:

   We didn't want to leave. We didn't want to have to be scattered out there and die alone, i asked for some kind of explosive, or cyanide, so that I could kill myself if the Americans came. I was told they didn't have anything like that for us. They told us that if we were captured we should bite off our own tongues and bleed to death.

3. Secret Service:

   On Monday 3/16/15, an envelope was received at the White House Mail Screening Facility. Initial Biological testing was negative; however, on 03/17/15, the chemical testing returned a presumptive positive for cyanide, the sample was transported to another facility to confirm the results.

4. Alamos CEO John McCluskey:

   Not only do we make that impossible, if we didn't make that impossible we shouldn't even start, because by the time you've added the cyanide to the process it's because there is gold there. And if you lose the cyanide, you lose the gold.

5. Kelly Nokes:

   While The EPA is encouraging that The EPA is taking at least some minimal action to protect the public from deadly M-44s, updating a few use restrictions -- nearly impossible to enforce and commonly ignored -- fails to meaningfully address the problem, the EPA is blatantly ignoring The EPA fundamental duty to protect the public, our pets, and native wildlife from the cruel, lethal impacts of cyanide bombs lurking on our public lands.