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Definition of "sarin" [sarin]

  • A poisonous liquid, C4H10FO2P, that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sarin" in a sentence
  • "Degraded sarin is only 10% effective after two years."
  • "This was one of the factors that lead the Iraqis to investigate binary weapons, for which sarin is particularly well suited."
  • "Jules maybe you’re too dumb to understand that a shell filled with sarin is indeed a weapon of mass destruction according to the definition of that rather Orwellian phrase, but I doubt it."