Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An oily colorless liquid, CCl3NO2, that causes skin, lung, and mucous membrane irritation and is used in tear gas and in dyestuffs, disinfectants, insecticides, and soil fumigants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pungent colorless liquid (CNO2Cl3), the vapor of which attacks the eyes powerfully.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry The
chlorinated derivative ofnitromethane CCl3NO2 that is used as apesticide andtear gas
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Of gases actually tried out in the World War itself, the chief seem to have been chlorine and various chlorine compounds (phosgene, Green Cross gas, chloropicrin and so forth).
The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006
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Sometimes chloropicrin lingers, not as a residue to wash off, but in the air.
SFGate: Top News Stories Richard Fagerlund 2011
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But like Monterey County, Ventura County has seen a big increase in the use of other fumigants, including Telone and chloropicrin.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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I am moving my family back into our apartment after the landlord fumigated our building with sulfuryl fluoride and chloropicrin.
SFGate: Top News Stories Richard Fagerlund 2011
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There shouldn't be any residue of chloropicrin in your apartment.
SFGate: Top News Stories Richard Fagerlund 2011
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"And when you look at overall use of fumigants, including methyl bromide, chloropicrin and Telone, you find that the amount of dangerous fumigants used is much higher than it was 20 years ago."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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After a soil fumigation in which all of the application rules were followed and no equipment failure occurred, scientists measured levels of chloropicrin in the air. they found that "Average levels over the 19-day period were 23 to 151 times higher than acceptable cancer risks."
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The test in this case was with a soil fumigant called chloropicrin.
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After a soil fumigation in which all of the application rules were followed and no equipment failure occurred, scientists measured levels of chloropicrin in the air. they found that "Average levels over the 19-day period were 23 to 151 times higher than acceptable cancer risks."
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The test in this case was with a soil fumigant called chloropicrin.
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