cyanide

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A highly toxic chemical compound, typically a salt or ester of hydrocyanic acid, used in industrial processes and known for its rapid and lethal effects.

• 🇩🇪Hochgiftige chemische Verbindung, meist ein Salz oder Ester der Blausäure, das in industriellen Prozessen verwendet wird und für seine schnelle und tödliche Wirkung bekannt ist.

1. Chemical compound C1 formal scientific

   A highly toxic chemical compound, often a salt or gas, that can cause rapid death by interfering with cellular respiration.

   • Cyanide is used in some industrial processes like gold mining.
   • The poison was identified as potassium cyanide.
   • Exposure to cyanide gas can be fatal within minutes.

   🇩🇪Cyanid

2. Poisonous substance C1 formal scientific

   Any of various compounds containing the cyanide group, known for their extreme toxicity.

   • The detective found traces of cyanide in the victim's drink.
   • Cyanide poisoning requires immediate medical treatment.
   • Some plants naturally produce small amounts of cyanide.

   🇩🇪Giftige Substanz

• cyanides plural form
• cyanides' possessive plural form
• cyanide's possessive singular form