chloropicrin

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

nounChemistry, Military.
  1. a colorless, somewhat oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, CCl3NO2, that causes lachrymation and headache: used as an insecticide, a fungicide, in organic synthesis, and as a war gas.

Origin of chloropicrin

1
First recorded in 1885–90; chloro-2 + picr(ic acid) + -in2

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British Dictionary definitions for chloropicrin

chloropicrin

chlorpicrin (klɔːˈpɪkrɪn)

/ (ˌklɔːrəʊˈpɪkrɪn) /


noun
  1. a colourless insoluble toxic lachrymatory liquid used as a pesticide and a tear gas; nitrotrichloromethane. Formula: CCl 3 NO 2

Origin of chloropicrin

1
C20: from chloro- + picro- + -in

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