cyanide
/ˈsaɪənaɪd/
noun
- A highly poisonous chemical compound containing carbon and nitrogen, often used in mining and industry.
- Workers must wear protective gear when handling cyanide.
- The factory uses cyanide to extract gold from ore.
- Cyanide poisoning can cause rapid death if not treated immediately.
- Any salt or ester of hydrocyanic acid.
- Sodium cyanide is a common form of cyanide used in industry.
- The chemist synthesized a new cyanide compound.
- Cyanides are known for their strong affinity for metals.
verb
- To treat or poison with cyanide.
- The lab technician carefully cyanided the sample for testing.
- They cyanided the contaminated soil to neutralize it.
- The prospectors used to cyanide the ore to extract silver.