sarin

noun

sa·​rin ˈsär-ən 

ˈser-;

zä-ˈrēn 

: an extremely toxic chemical weapon C₄H₁₀FO₂P that is used as a lethal nerve gas

called also GB

Examples of sarin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The regime of the younger Assad was widely held responsible for a sarin gas attack in 2013 that killed around 1,400 people and injured thousands more. —Chad De Guzman, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024

Among Assad’s worst atrocities was the 2013 sarin gas attack in the city of Ghouta, which killed more than 1,400 people and was labeled a war crime by the then-UN secretary general. —Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024

President Barack Obama made a similar move in 2013, after the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad fired rockets filled with sarin gas at a Damascus suburb and killed more than a thousand civilians. —David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024

First available in 1957, thalidomide was a product of Chemie Grünenthal, a German drug juggernaut whose leaders included several war criminals, among them an inventor of sarin nerve gas who had been convicted of using slave labor at Auschwitz. —Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

German

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

sarin

noun

sa·​rin ˈsär-ən  zä-ˈrēn 

: an extremely toxic chemical warfare agent C₄H₁₀FO₂P that is a powerful cholinesterase inhibitor

called also GB