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Agent Orange

noun as in a herbicide used in war

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Raffini, whose husband died because of cancer related to Agent Orange exposure during his military service, admires Brown because of his military service.

Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects.

The cause was Parkinson’s disease, which his family said resulted from exposure to Agent Orange, the toxic chemical sprayed by American aircraft as a defoliant in Vietnam.

Some deforestation can be traced back to the Vietnam War, when forests were sprayed with the toxic defoliant known as Agent Orange.

Before McDonald’s father died from the effects of exposure to Agent Orange, he told his 17-year-old son that he didn’t have to serve.

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

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