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Cyanide kills the organisms/stop cell activity by

A

reducing water potential

B

decreasing diffusion of oxygen

C

interfering in respiratory mechanism by preventing transfer of electron from copper of cyt `a_3` to oxygen

D

coagulating proteins of carriers in ETC

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