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Zyklon-B
Zyk·lon-B
[
z klon b
]
noun
Definition:
hydrogen cyanide gas:
hydrogen cyanide released as a gas from pellets, used originally as an insecticide and later as a deadly gas by the Nazis during World War II
[
Mid-20th century. < German
]
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