Word familynouncyanamidecyanatecyanidecyanidingcyanincyaninecyanitecyanoacetylenecyanoacrylatecyanobacteriumcyanocobalamincyanogencyanogenesiscyanohydrincyanometercyanophytecyanosiscyanotypecyanuretadjectivecyaniccyanogeniccyanosedcyanoticverbcyanize
cyanide• Arsenic and cyanide are completely natural, and they will kill you.• In May last year Aurul began mixing the toxicdust with water and cyanide.• The item states' Guests at a luxuryhotel were poisoned by cyanide in the swimmingpoolyesterday.• Mr Spiro was found dead from cyanide poisoning in his truck three days after the November 6 massacre.• In fact, when scientifically tested, it has been shown to release dangerously high levels of cyanide into the bloodstream.• But the explosionburned up the sodiumcyanide...• Death will come by lethalinjection, rather than cyanidegas, since gassing has been challenged in California as unduly cruel.• I have a couple of friends who almost broke out the cyanide.
Origincyanide
(1800-1900)cyanogen type of poisonous gas ((19-21 centuries)), from Frenchcyanogène, from Greekkyanos ( → CYAN)