potassium cyanide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of potassium cyanide
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The department bought a solid brick of potassium cyanide in December for $1,530.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2021
Vigilant viewers will soon observe that Greta, though hospitable, is about as kindly as potassium cyanide.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 1, 2019
Kaczynski said he has "never even possessed any potassium cyanide."
From Salon ● May 26, 2011
The Tylenol case involved the use of potassium cyanide and resulted in a mass recall.
From Salon ● May 26, 2011
Alternatively, if potassium be brought into combination with it, there results potassium cyanide, which, with the assistance of water and oxygen, can dissolve gold.
From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.
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