sarin

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1. a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	organophosphate nerve agent,
definition	:	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 (noun.substance)