chloroform
/ˈklɔrəˌfɔrm/
noun
- A clear, colorless liquid with a sweet smell, used in the past as an anesthetic to make people unconscious during surgery.
- In old movies, villains often knock someone out with a cloth soaked in chloroform.
- Chloroform was once a common anesthetic, but it is rarely used today because of its dangers.
- The doctor used chloroform to put the patient to sleep before the operation.
verb
- To make someone unconscious using chloroform, usually by putting a cloth soaked in it over their nose and mouth.
- The kidnapper tried to chloroform the guard, but the guard fought back.
- In the mystery novel, the thief chloroforms the museum guard to steal the painting.
- She was chloroformed during the robbery and woke up hours later with a headache.
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