Zyklon B
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See also: Zyklon-B
Proper noun
- a pesticide consisting of hydrocyanic acid absorbed on pellets of diatomaceous earth; when exposed to the air hydrogen cyanide is released; used most infamously during the Nazi Holocaust in some gas chambers.
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