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chloroform

noun as in toxic substance

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Example Sentences

Rick will disable the driver with chloroform, and Fred will drive the bus to the hidden location where Fred keeps an eye on the bus.

From Vox

Luckily, chloroform and ether were particularly effective on “boisterous” women and therefore used to quiet them—in doctors’ words—“not only temporarily but permanently.”

From Time

Walsh further acknowledged that the FBI had not found any actual chloroform such as Valle had spoken of using.

In addition, air tests from the trunk showing high levels of chloroform are expected.

In the presence of bromin the chloroform, which settles to the bottom, assumes a yellow color.

The fumes of the chloroform seemed to have closed over Dangerfields consciousness once more.

Ikey remembered seeing his father kill a pet dog with chloroform, and so volunteered to try it on the cat.

And you exhibited to him the vial of chloroform and the piece of cambric?

They gave you a very light dose of chloroform, Miss Wardour.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to chloroform, such as: anesthetic/anaesthetic, kill, poison, solvent, and toxin.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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