sarin

noun

sa·​rin ˈsär-ən How to pronounce sarin (audio)
ˈser-;
zä-ˈrēn How to pronounce sarin (audio)
: an extremely toxic chemical weapon C4H10FO2P that is used as a lethal nerve gas

called also GB

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President Barack Obama made a similar move in 2013, after the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad fired rockets filled with sarin gas at a Damascus suburb and killed more than a thousand civilians. David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024 First available in 1957, thalidomide was a product of Chemie Grünenthal, a German drug juggernaut whose leaders included several war criminals, among them an inventor of sarin nerve gas who had been convicted of using slave labor at Auschwitz. Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024 Neither the supporters nor the opponents of the bill cited the rare cases — such as the Nampa, Idaho, man sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2019 for making fake sarin gas bomb threats — where the Terrorist Control Act has actually been used in Idaho. Daniel Walters, Idaho Statesman, 15 Feb. 2024 Its methodology has been used to support the Syrian Archive’s submission of evidence to investigative and prosecute authorities in Germany, France, and Sweden about the 2013 sarin gas attack on Khan Shaykhun. Grant Peck, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for sarin 

Word History

Etymology

German

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sarin was in 1951

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“Sarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sarin. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

sarin

noun
: an extremely toxic chemical warfare agent C4H10FO2P that is a powerful cholinesterase inhibitor

called also GB

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