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yperite

/ˈiːpəɹaɪt/ UK

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From the French ypérite.

noun yperites

countable, uncountable Synonym of mustard gas. In the pre-war years the production of yperite was prepared at 6 plants in Moscow, Chapaevsk, Stalingrad, Dzerzhinsk, Berezniki and Stalinogorsk.
Similar: mustard gas

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@misc{yperite_2026,
  title = {yperite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yperite},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}