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cyanided

Variant of cyanide

noun

a substance composed of a cyanogen group in combination with some element or radical; esp., potassium cyanide, KCN, or sodium cyanide, NaCN, extremely poisonous, white, crystalline compounds with an odor of bitter almonds: used in extracting gold from low-grade ores, electroplating, etc.

transitive verb cyanided, cyaniding

to treat with cyanide

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