hydrocyanic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hydrocyanic
Example Sentences
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The researchers also demonstrated that their laser can effectively detect hydrogen cyanide gas in the air, a substance commonly referred to as "hydrocyanic acid."
From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2025
Systemic toxics, a small group of gases of which the principal member is hydrocyanic acid, kill by paralyzing the central nervous system.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Baltimore several cans of hydrocyanic gas, used by the quarantine station to fumigate ships, were washed adrift from a storehouse.
From Time Magazine Archive
While the prayers rise to heaven, airplanes are also ascending, and spraying the fields with hydrocyanic gas and calcium arsenate.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Phosgene, chloropicrin, ethyl iodoacetate, diphenylcyanar- sine, trichlormethyl, chloroformate, dichlorethyl sulphide. Not to mention hydrocyanic acid.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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