Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sarin

1 sense of sarin

Sense 1
sarin, GB -- (a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase)
       => 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)