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Meaning of DDT | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, compound originally developed as an insecticide.
  2. a move where a wrestler puts another wrestler into a standing front face lock and then falls backwards, driving the recipient's head into the floor.

Equivalents

Français DDT
Italiano DDT
Kurdî DDT
Português DDT
ไทย ดีดีที

Examples

“After working briefly for a federal entomologist to control the spruce budworm — and spraying DDT from the air — he returned to the Adirondacks in 1946 to be district ranger at Cranberry Lake for 11 years.”
“The use of DDT for disinfectation of louse-infested communities is a primary control measure in epidemic situations.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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