Yperite

//ˈiːpəɹaɪt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of mustard gas. countable, uncountable

    "In the pre-war years the production of yperite was prepared at 6 plants in Moscow, Chapaevsk, Stalingrad, Dzerzhinsk, Berezniki and Stalinogorsk."

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mustard gassulfur mustard

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"In the pre-war years the production of yperite was prepared at 6 plants in Moscow, Chapaevsk, Stalingrad, Dzerzhinsk, Berezniki and Stalinogorsk."

Etymology

From the French ypérite.

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