sarinnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsɑː.rɪn//ˈsɑː.rɪn// ˈser.ɪn/also sarin gasa poisonous gas that attacks the nervous system and can kill, sometimes used as a chemical weapon:
Twelve people were killed and 5,000 injured in the lethal sarin attacks in the Tokyo subway in 1995.
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