Sarin gas

sar·in (sâr

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

[German, originally a code name.]

sarin [ˈsærɪn]

(Military) isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate: used in chemical warfare as a lethal nerve gas producing asphyxia. Formula: CH₃P(O)(F)OCH(CH₃)₂

[from German, from the surnames of its inventors, S(chrader), A(mbrose), R(udinger), and (van der L)in(de)]

sarin (sâr

A poisonous liquid that inhibits the body's ability to catalyze acetylcholine. It is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare. Chemical formula: C₄H₁₀FO₂P.

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sarin - a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase

organophosphate nerve agent - any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran and against the Kurds

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sarin [ˈsɑːrɪn] n → sarin m

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antidote Aum Aum Shinrikyo chloride counterpoison gas GB Japan Nihon Nippon obidoxime chloride organophosphate nerve agent poison Supreme Truth	Asahara, 53, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, is on death row after being convicted in February 2004 of six criminal counts, including masterminding the 1995 deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. LEAD: AUM founder Asahara files retrial petition by Japan Weekly Monitor They intended to release deadly Sarin gas in the changing rooms at the Warwickshire county cricket ground in the worst sports atrocity since the killing of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. 'Plot to kill cricket stars at the Edgbaston test' U.S. AGENTS IN ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) Asahara was also accused of masterminding a sarin gas attack in June 1994 in the central Japanese city of Matsumoto, the murder of anti-Aum lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto and his family, and the killings of wayward followers and people who were helping members to leave the cult. Cult leader is to die by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)	sardonic Sardonic grin sardonically sardonicism sardonyx Sardou saree Sarema SARFU sargasso Sargasso Sea sargassum Sargassum bacciferum sargassum fish sarge Sargent Sargeson Sargo Sargodha Sargon II Sargon of Akkad sari Sarie Marais Sarigue sarin Sarin gas Sark Sarka Sarkin sarking sarky Sarlac Sarmatia Sarmatian Sarmatic Sarment Sarmentaceous sarmentose Sarmentous sarmie Sarn Sarnen Sarnia sarnie Sarnoff sarod sarong Saronic Gulf Saros Saroyan sarpanch	SARHP SARHWU sari sari sari Sarian, Gegam Sarian, Gegam Bagdasarovich Sarian, Martiros Sarian, Martiros Sergeevich Sariatu Sariatu SARIC Sarich, Vincent M. Sarid Sarid Sarie Sarie Marais SARIF Sarigue SARIJ Sarikamis Sarikamis Operation of 1914–15 Sarikoli SARIMA Sarimanok News Network sarin sarin sarin sarin sarin Sarin gas Sarina Landcare Catchment Management Association Sarina Russo Job Access Sarina Wesleyan Methodist Church Saringa Group Inc. SARINZ Sarip SARIPS Sarir saris saris saris Sarisa Sarisa Sarissa Sarissaphoros Sarit Sariwon SARJ Sarjeant at Law Sark Sark Sark Sarka Sarka, Sabaliauskas, Jankauskas Sarkand Sarkar Sarkar, Jadunath Sarkara Sarkasm Sarkasm

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Asahara, 53, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, is on death row after being convicted in February 2004 of six criminal counts, including masterminding the 1995 deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.

LEAD: AUM founder Asahara files retrial petition by Japan Weekly Monitor

They intended to release deadly Sarin gas in the changing rooms at the Warwickshire county cricket ground in the worst sports atrocity since the killing of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics.

'Plot to kill cricket stars at the Edgbaston test' U.S. AGENTS IN ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)

Asahara was also accused of masterminding a sarin gas attack in June 1994 in the central Japanese city of Matsumoto, the murder of anti-Aum lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto and his family, and the killings of wayward followers and people who were helping members to leave the cult.

Cult leader is to die by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

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