CSE 2011 Agent Orange [Agent Orange] BrE  NAmE noun [U] a | UPSC SSC Q&A Analysis

CSE 2011

Agent Orange [Agent Orange] BrE  NAmE noun [U]

a poisonous chemical used by US soldiers during the Vietnam War to remove the leaves from forests so that they could see the enemy. It caused birth ↑defects in many Vietnamese children, and after the war about 60 000 former US soldiers complained of illnesses.