yperite

See also: Yperite and ypérite

English

Etymology

From the French ypérite.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ēʹpərīt, IPA(key): /ˈiːpəɹaɪt/
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Noun

yperite (countable and uncountable, plural yperites)

  1. Synonym of mustard gas.
    • 2012, F.W. Holm, Mobile Alternative Demilitarization Technologies, page 217:
      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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