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Zyklon B

Zyklon B proper noun: 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.

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 does Zyklon B mean?
Zyklon B means 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.
What part of speech is Zyklon B?
Zyklon B is a proper noun.

Words near Zyklon B in the dictionary

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

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