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TABUN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tabun mean?
• TABUN (noun)
The noun TABUN has 1 sense:
1. the first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare
Familiarity information: TABUN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
GA; tabun
Hypernyms ("tabun" is a kind of...):
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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