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Zyklon-B

Zyklon-B is the alternative form of Zyklon B.

Meaning of Zyklon B

Proper noun

Zyklon B

  1. a pesticide consisting of hydrocyanic acid absorbed on pellets of diatomaceous earth; when exposed to the air hydrogen cyanide is released; used most infamously during the Nazi Holocaust in some gas chambers.

Questions about Zyklon-B

What is Zyklon-B the alternative form of?
Zyklon-B is the alternative form of Zyklon B.

Words near Zyklon-B in the dictionary

  1. zygous
  2. zygozoospore
  3. zygozoospores
  4. zykaite
  5. Zyklon B
  6. Zyklon-B
  7. Zyla
  8. Zylas
  9. zylazine
  10. zylofuramine
  11. zylon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Zyklon-B (page history and authors); Zyklon B (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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