sarin
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- noun
- /ˈsɛrɪn/
- NSFW
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sarín
- It's US Army, experimental sarin gas for testing antidotes.
- sarin gas
- sarin gas attack
I watched dozens of people starving to death, killed by sarin gas.
- I watched dozens of people starving to death, killed by sarin gas.
- You know, right now with, with, if you remember Gulf War syndrome from the first Gulf War, I think they've concluded this is decades later that it was exposure to sarin gas.
Examples
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In April 2017, the regime reportedly returned to the use of sarin, killing dozens of civilians; this time in the town of Khan Shaykhun.
Academic text (2017) -
Two tons of sarin gas.
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Was it sarin or was it something else?
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I saw your sarin gas report.
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Suspicion of sarin gas inside.
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You know, this guy here, Madison, he died as a result of sarin exposure at Porton Down.
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The terrorists behind last year's attack in Tokyo chose a convenient target where crowds of people gather, but their sarin was apparently diluted.
Academic text (1996) -
Ten grams of anthrax, properly dispersed, can kill as many people as a ton of the nerve gas Sarin.
Fiction book (2000) -
For instance, inhale just two milligrams of Sarin (a nerve gas in ample supply).
Academic text (1992) -
In 1995, a release of the highly toxic sarin gas killed a dozen people in Tokyo.
Synonyms
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A harmful chemical that kills or hurts people, animals and plants in war
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A very poisonous gas that stops people breathing, often used as a weapon
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A very poisonous chemical used as a weapon that stops the nerves from working and makes people stop breathing
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A very poisonous nerve gas that can kill people
A very poisonous chemical weapon like sarin or tabun that stops nerves working quickly
A very poisonous chemical that attacks the nerves and is used as a weapon
A very poisonous chemical weapon that stops the body's nerves working
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sarin was formed from the names of the four chemists who first made it: Schrader, Ambros, Rudiger, and van der Linde. So the name is simply a label from their names, and it refers to the deadly 'nerve agent' they developed.