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Agent Orange

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A·gent Orange  (jnt)
n.
A herbicide containing trace amounts of the toxic contaminant dioxin that was used in the Vietnam War to defoliate areas of forest.

[From the orange identifying strip on drums in which it was stored.]

Agent Orange
n
(Military) a highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for defoliation and crop destruction, esp by US forces during the Vietnam War
[named after the identifying colour stripe on its container]

Agent Orange
A mixture of equal amounts of two herbicides known as 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, and trace amounts of the toxic contaminant dioxin (a byproduct of the manufacture of 2,4,5-T). It was used in the Vietnam War to defoliate areas of forest.
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Noun1.Agent Orange - a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areasAgent Orange - a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas
dioxin - any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides
herbicide, weed killer, weedkiller - a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth


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Byline: Aaron Nicodemus AGENT ORANGE STILL A SCOURGE Ask any Vietnam veteran if he was exposed to Agent Orange, and you'll likely get a shrug and a nod.
The Pentagon authorized the spraying of Agent Orange for two reasons — to defoliate trees so Viet Cong insurgents and North Vietnamese military forces would have less cover, and to poison crop fields to prevent those enemies from having access to plentiful food.
Efforts to clean up contamination from the wartime herbicide Agent Orange in Vietnam took a step forward Thursday when the United States awarded a contract to prepare for dioxin containment.
 
 
 
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