organophosphate_nerve_agent.n.01

'organophosphate_nerve_agent.n.01'

[organophosphate_nerve_agent.n.01] as in: any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran and against the Kurds