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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
paraquat /ˈparəkwɒt, -kwat/

▶noun a toxic fast-acting herbicide, which becomes deactivated in the soil.

– origin 1960s: from para-1 + quaternary.

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