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organophosphate nerve agent

or·ga·nop·hosphatenerveagent

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noun

1.

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

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