prussic acid
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a solution of hydrogen cyanide in water; weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds
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hydrocyanic acid
cyanogen
acid
poison
arsenic
cyanide
cyanic acid
hydrogen cyanide
cyanide poisoning
cyanogen chloride
cyanogen bromide
blue acid
cyanide based
hydrogen-cyanide gas
carbon nitride
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Fellow critic James Russell Lowell called him "the most discriminating, philosophical, and fearless critic upon imaginative works who has written in America", suggesting—rhetorically—that he occasionally used prussic acid instead of ink.
Cyanide (prussic acid) and nitrate in sorghum crops - managing the risks.