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agent orange

Word definitions for agent orange in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Agent Orange is an American short silent film directed by Tony Scott . The film is about a psychedelic love story taking place in a "shadowy dreamscape". In 2004, the film was created with a hand cranked camera, noticeably altering motion. It was produced ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
powerful defoliant used by U.S. military in the Vietnam War, attested from 1971, said to have been used from 1961; so called from the color strip on the side of the container, which distinguished it from Agent Blue , Agent White , etc., other herbicides ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A potent herbicide and defoliant used by US forces in the Vietnam War.

Usage examples of agent orange.

His teeth ache in his gums, and his tongue feels like a forest floor that's been visited with Agent Orange.

They talk about My Lai, body counts, fraggings, Agent Orange, the Phoenix Program, the inability to distinguish enemies from friendlies.

Two years ago, he claimed it was Agent Orange suffered in combat that caused him to do it.

Rufus Harms was never exposed to Agent Orange, because he was never in combat.

And what the napalm didn't kill, a solitary B-52 bomber did in three passes over the southern slopes, spewing Agent Orange.

The government bought the recipe, and that's what Agent Orange is.

ERA, in the battle against dioxin and Agent Orange and other terrible poisons being injected into our bodies without our consent, in the fight against genocide against our yellow brothers, black brothers, and our Third World brothers, who hold the moral hopes of all mankind, we must never surrender.