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Synonyms for chloroform

Grammar : Noun
Spell : klawr-uh-fawrm, klohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklɔr əˌfɔrm, ˈkloʊr-

Définition of chloroform

Origin :
  • "trichloromethane," volatile liquid used as an anaesthetic, 1835, from French chloroforme, a hybrid coined 1834 by French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800-1884) from chlor-, comb. form meaning "chlorine" + formique "formic (acid)" (see formic (adj.)). As a verb, from 1848, the year its anaesthetic properties were discovered. Related: Chloroformed.
  • noun toxic substance
Example sentences :
  • But the manufacturer was thinking of other things than chloroform.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • The railway and the telegraph, chloroform and applied electricity.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • Ants show similar symptoms after narcosis by means of chloroform.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • "I guess you won't have to chloroform us to drag us there this time," she retorted.
  • Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther
  • I got to go to the drug-store and get some chloroform liniment.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • He would have been wise, I believe, to bring her away, even if he had had to chloroform her to do it.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • There was a funny sweetish smell, still; smell of chloroform.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • Then one of the students took a vial of chloroform from his pocket.
  • Extract from : « Rabbi and Priest » by Milton Goldsmith
  • I agree most entirely, what a blessed discovery is chloroform.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) » by Charles Darwin
  • Chloroform, benzene, and naphtha are used on ordinary silks and linens.
  • Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley

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