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SARIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase
Synonyms:
GB; sarin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sarin" is a kind of...):
organophosphate nerve agent (any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran and against the Kurds)
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