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chloroformed

chloroformed is the simple past and past participle of chloroform.

Meaning of chloroform

Verb

chloroform (third-person singular simple present chloroforms, present participle chloroforming, simple past and past participle chloroformed)

  1. (transitive) To treat, or to render unconscious, with chloroform.
    • Geoffrey was first chloroformed, I think. The hand that picked Nipper up to dispose of him had certainly touched chloroform just before. Drugged; does that bring us nearer by taking us further away, I wonder?1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

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Words formed from chloroformed

Questions about chloroformed

What is chloroformed the simple past and past participle of?
Chloroformed is the simple past and past participle of chloroform.

Words near chloroformed in the dictionary

  1. chlorofluoromethane
  2. chlorofluoromethanes
  3. chloroform
  4. chloroformate
  5. chloroformates
  6. chloroformed
  7. chloroformer
  8. chloroformers
  9. chloroformic
  10. chloroformic acid
  11. chloroforming

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