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chloropicrin

[ klawr-uh-pik-rin, -pahy-krin, klohr- ]

noun

, Chemistry, Military.
  1. a colorless, somewhat oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, CCl 3 NO 2 , that causes lachrymation and headache: used as an insecticide, a fungicide, in organic synthesis, and as a war gas.


chloropicrin

/ ˌklɔːrəʊˈpɪkrɪn; klɔːˈpɪkrɪn /

noun

  1. a colourless insoluble toxic lachrymatory liquid used as a pesticide and a tear gas; nitrotrichloromethane. Formula: CCl 3 NO 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chloropicrin1

First recorded in 1885–90; chloro- 2 + picr(ic acid) + -in 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chloropicrin1

C20: from chloro- + picro- + -in

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