noun
definition
The neurotoxin O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate, used as a chemical weapon.
Examples of sarin in a Sentence
Sarin is the nerve agent that was later used in the terrorist attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995.
Vodafone boss Arun Sarin has set his company a target of winning 10 million 3G phone users by March 2006.
Potential news reports of soldiers writhing in agony from a cloud of sarin nerve gas had spooked the president and his commanders.
Since it contained at least 40 percent impurities when manufactured, sarin produced at Al Muthanna had a short shelf life.
Another 6,454 of these rockets filled with the deadly nerve agent sarin were accounted for and destroyed by inspectors between 1992 and 1993.
One teaspoon of the nerve agent sarin can cause up to 10,000 deaths.
The British military had been testing the nerve gas sarin on thousands of young servicemen.
Some twenty thousand Iranians were killed by mustard gas, and the nerve agents tabun and sarin, all of which Iraq still possesses.
The sect released sarin nerve gas at numerous points on the Tokyo subway, affecting a distance of more than eight miles.
Yesterday, as I expected - weaponised sarin nerve agent and mustard gas finally have been found in Iraq.
You don't want your reader backtracking to figure out whether you're talking about Sarin or Sarah.