yperite

See also: Yperite and ypérite

English

Etymology

From the French ypérite.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

yperite (countable and uncountable, plural yperites)

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.

Derived terms

yperitic

References

“yperite” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

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