chloropicrin

[klawr-uh-pik-rin, -pahy-krin, klohr-]

noun Chemistry, Military.

a colorless, somewhat oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, CCl3NO2, that causes lachrymation and headache: used as an insecticide, a fungicide, in organic synthesis, and as a war gas.

Also chlorpicrin.

Origin of chloropicrin

First recorded in 1885–90; chloro-² + picr(ic acid) + -in²

Also called nitrochloroform.

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British Dictionary definitions for chloropicrin

chloropicrin

chlorpicrin (klɔːˈpɪkrɪn)

noun

a colourless insoluble toxic lachrymatory liquid used as a pesticide and a tear gas; nitrotrichloromethane. Formula: CCl 3 NO 2

Word Origin for chloropicrin

C20: from chloro- + picro- + -in

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