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# cyanide

«cyanide» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very strong poison that can kill quickly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (cyanide, cyanides)

### meaning for a pupil

A very strong poison that can kill quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyanide/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, especially old murder mysteries, cyanide is a poison said to smell of bitter almonds. In science, tiny amounts are found naturally in apple seeds and cherry stones, but too little to harm you if you swallow a few by accident. It is used in some industries like gold mining.

### examples

- In the detective story, the victim was poisoned with cyanide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyanide/#x1)
- Cyanide is a deadly poison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyanide/#x2)
- Apple seeds contain a tiny bit of cyanide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyanide/#x3)
- Factories must store cyanide safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyanide/#x4)
- Cyanide is used in gold mining. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyanide/#x5)
- The detective noticed a smell of bitter almonds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyanide/#x6)

### note

Say «SY-a-nide». Safety: never taste unknown chemicals. Not everyone can smell cyanide.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cyanide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cyanide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.