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Tabun
noun
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Noun
- 1 An extremely toxic nerve gas; a clear, tasteless liquid, molecular formula C₅H₁₁N₂O₂P. uncountable
- 2 A clay oven, shaped like a truncated cone, with an opening at the bottom for stoking the fire.
"Standing near Joseph, carrying a bag of taboon flatbreads, was Olivier, from Ivory Coast. He arrived a year ago and has been trying to save the 3,000 dinars (£780) he said it would cost to make the trip to Europe."
- 3 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 wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
German, a code name.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic طَابُون (ṭābūn).
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