Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of fumigant used to kill rats in enclosed spaces, such as holds of ships, boxcars, etc., 1926, from German Zyklon, commercial name of a type of hydrogen cyanide, said to be of unknown etymology, but it is the usual German form of the word cyclone. There were at least three varieties, A, B, and C, Zyklon-B being the one notoriously used in the Nazi death camps.
Wikipedia
Zyklon was a Norwegian blackened death metal band formed in 1998 by Samoth and Trym of Emperor, along with members of Myrkskog. Their style has been described as modern death metal with black and industrial undertones. After more than a 2-year hiatus, the band officially split up in January 2010.
All the band's lyrics were written by former Emperor drummer Faust, then member of Casey Chaos' side project SCUM and Italian industrial black metal band Aborym.
Despite Samoth having been in a previous Emperor side project called Zyklon-B, the two are not related; Zyklon B is the name of a lethal gas used by the Nazis during the Holocaust; "Zyklon" is, according to Samoth, a play on the word " cyclone", since the word is spelled syklon in Norwegian.
Zyklon is the German word for cyclone.
It may also refer to:
- Zyklon, a Norwegian industrial blackened death metal band
- Zyklon A (active ingredient: methyl cyanoformate), a pesticide
- Zyklon B, a pesticide ultimately used by Nazi Germany in gas chambers
- Zyklon-B (band), a Norwegian black metal band featuring former Emperor members
- Zyklon (comics), fictional villain created by DC Comics
- Zyklon (roller coaster), a former roller coaster at Morey's Piers
Der Zyklon is a fictional villain created by DC Comics. He was created by Roy Thomas and first appeared in All-Star Squadron #45 (May 1985).
Usage examples of "zyklon".
Anyhow, he decided, if I instigated it and it backfired, one can imagine where I'd be: in Protective Custody in Eastern General Gouvernement, if not in a chamber being squirted with Zyklon B hydrogen cyanide gas.