chlo·ro·form
ˈklȯr-ə-ˌfȯrm 
: a colorless volatile heavy toxic liquid CHCl3 with an ether odor used especially as a solvent
chloroformed; chloroforming; chloroforms
: to treat with or as if with chloroform especially so as to produce anesthesia, insensibility, or death
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
And to cope with the agonizing pain of childbirth, Victoria enthusiastically embraced chloroform.
—Sam Kelly, Time, 8 July 2025
Alice Burton, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
But elsewhere in the cosmos, life might be built from different chemicals that dissolve and assemble in some other liquid: perhaps methane, kerosene, or even chloroform.
—Kiona N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2019
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Noun
Caylee’s body was discovered two months later inside a laundry bag in a wooded area near the Anthony family home in Florida, while authorities said traces of chloroform and human decomposition were found in the truck of Anthony’s car.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
And to cope with the agonizing pain of childbirth, Victoria enthusiastically embraced chloroform.
—Sam Kelly, Time, 8 July 2025
Verb
The first is a li’l pony that has to be chloroformed so Siegfried can castrate it.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
But elsewhere in the cosmos, life might be built from different chemicals that dissolve and assemble in some other liquid: perhaps methane, kerosene, or even chloroform.
—Kiona N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2019
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“Chloroform.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chloroform. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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chloroform
1 of 2 noun
chlo·ro·form
ˈklōr-ə-ˌfȯrm
ˈklȯr-
: a colorless heavy poisonous liquid that smells like ether and is used especially to dissolve other compounds
chloroform
2 of 2 verb
: to treat with chloroform especially so as to produce anesthesia or death
Medical Definition
chloroform
1 of 2 noun
chlo·ro·form
ˈklōr-ə-ˌfȯrm, ˈklȯr-
: a colorless volatile heavy toxic liquid CHCl3 with an ether odor used especially as a solvent
called also trichloromethane
chloroform
2 of 2 transitive verb
: to treat with chloroform especially so as to produce anesthesia or death
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