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. 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.

2. 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.

3. Caroline Washaya-Moyo:

   Poachers know that the moment they pull a trigger, it is easier for us to find them, so they use cyanide.

4. 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.

5. 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.