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yperite

UK/ˈiːpəɹaɪt/

yperite noun: synonym of mustard gas.

Noun

yperite (countable and uncountable, plural yperites)

  1. Synonym of mustard gas.
    • In the pre-war years the production of yperite was prepared at 6 plants in Moscow, Chapaevsk, Stalingrad, Dzerzhinsk, Berezniki and Stalinogorsk.2012, F.W. Holm, Mobile Alternative Demilitarization Technologies, page 217
    Synonyms:
    mustard gas

Synonyms of yperite

Forms of yperite

pluralyperites

Origin of yperite

From the French ypérite.

Words formed from yperite

Questions about yperite

What does yperite mean?
Yperite means synonym of mustard gas.
What part of speech is yperite?
Yperite is a noun.
How do you pronounce yperite?
Yperite is pronounced /ˈiːpəɹaɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of yperite?
The plural of yperite is yperites.

Words near yperite in the dictionary

  1. yp
  2. ypakoe
  3. ypakoes
  4. ypakoë
  5. ypakoës
  6. yperite
  7. yperites
  8. yperitic
  9. ypight
  10. ypipo
  11. yplaced

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