hydrogen cyanide
noun
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: a poisonous usually gaseous compound HCN that has the odor of bitter almonds
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The bitter varieties of raw cassava contain higher amounts of cyanogenic glycosides (when ingested, these compounds release hydrogen cyanide into the body).
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Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Those substances include hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and benzene — all chemicals that can make people sick with asthma and other respiratory diseases as well as cancer.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
To equate coca with the raw alkaloid is, in fact, as misguided as suggesting that the delicious flesh of a peach is equivalent to the hydrogen cyanide found in every peach pit.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
The ash coating destroyed and damaged homes contains volatile organic compounds that can include benzene, silica, asbestos, lead, hydrogen cyanide and hydrogen fluoride.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Those substances include hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and benzene — all chemicals that can make people sick with asthma and other respiratory diseases as well as cancer.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
To equate coca with the raw alkaloid is, in fact, as misguided as suggesting that the delicious flesh of a peach is equivalent to the hydrogen cyanide found in every peach pit.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
The ash coating destroyed and damaged homes contains volatile organic compounds that can include benzene, silica, asbestos, lead, hydrogen cyanide and hydrogen fluoride.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Hydrogen cyanide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrogen%20cyanide. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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