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

1 sense of tabun

Sense 1
tabun, GA -- (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)
       => 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)