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CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative
Synonyms:
bichloride of mercury; corrosive sublimate; mercuric chloride; mercury chloride
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Hypernyms ("corrosive sublimate" is a kind of...):
sublimate (the product of vaporization of a solid)