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Definition of cyanide noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cyanide

noun

/ˈsaɪənaɪd/

/ˈsaɪənaɪd/

[uncountable]

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a highly poisonous chemical
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Cyanide is used before these nouns:
capsule
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Word Originearly 19th cent.: from cyanogen + -ide.

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