Usually means: Industrial solvent used in dry-cleaning.
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  1. perchloroethylene: Merriam-Webster
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  3. perchloroethylene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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Definitions from Wiktionary (perchloroethylene)

noun:  (organic chemistry) Synonym of tetrachloroethylene, a nonflammable, non-polar solvent with low toxicity, especially in the dry-cleaning trade

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