Definitions
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- noun
Cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate, an extremelytoxic substance used as achemical weapon .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But when the word cyclosarin comes up, people are sitting up and taking attention.
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This harks back to the summer of 2004 when the Polish military contingent in Iraq paid thousands of dollars to recover chemical weapons filled with sarin and cyclosarin.
Think Progress » Defense Department Disavows Santorum’s WMD Claims
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According to IISS, these stable precursors could possibly have since resulted in the production of a few hundred tonnes of sarin and cyclosarin and a similar amount of VX.
Think Progress » The Intelligence Agencies Didn’t Get It Wrong, The Bush Administration Did
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The DCI report states that there is strong evidence that Iraq maintains a stockpile of chemical agents, with a numerical estimate of at least one hundred, and up to five hundred combined metric tons of VX, sarin, cyclosarin, and mustard gas.
Think Progress » The Intelligence Agencies Didn’t Get It Wrong, The Bush Administration Did
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Samples from a 55-gallon drum-one of several such containers found here -- initially turned up conflicting positive results for a mixture of mustard and cyclosarin agents, a lethal cocktail similar to that used in the notorious 1988 attack that killed thousands in the Kurdish city of Halabjah.
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Chemical warheads containing cyclosarin (a nerve agent five times more deadly than sarin gas)
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It's the nerve agent cyclosarin that finishes them off.
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It takes cyclosarin 20 times longer to evaporate than sarin, leaving it lingering dangerously in the air for a longer period.
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Mixed correctly, the cyclosarin-mustard gas cocktail is sinister.
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Baghdad has begun renewed production of chemical warfare agents, probably including mustard, sarin, cyclosarin, and VX ...
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