DDT

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, compound originally developed as an insecticide.
   abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
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.

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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.”

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