Meaning & Definition of Arsenic in English
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Arsenic
/ɑrsənɪk/
noun
1. A white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic
- Used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
synonym:
- arsenic,
- arsenic trioxide,
- arsenous anhydride,
- arsenous oxide,
- white arsenic,
- ratsbane
2. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms
- Arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys
- Found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
synonym:
- arsenic,
- As,
- atomic number 33
Examples of using
On the inquest it was shown that Buck Fanshaw, in the delirium of a wasting typhoid fever, had taken arsenic, shot himself through the body, cut his throat, and jumped out of a four-story window and broken his neck—and after due deliberation, the jury, sad and tearful, but with intelligence unblinded by its sorrow, brought in a verdict of death "by the visitation of God." What could the world do without juries?