chloroform

/klˈɔrʌfɔrm/

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Noun
a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic"
Verb
anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them"