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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Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 May 2025
The conclave that elected the late Pope Francis used a combination of potassium chlorate, lactose, and chloroform resin to create white smoke, which appears to have solved the visibility problem.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 May 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
The conclave used a combination of potassium chlorate, lactose and chloroform resin to create the white smoke.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 May 2025
The conclave that elected the late Pope Francis used a combination of potassium chlorate, lactose, and chloroform resin to create white smoke, which appears to have solved the visibility problem.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 May 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 4 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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