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chemical weapon

[ kem-i-kuhl wep-uhn ]

noun

  1. any poisonous, asphyxiating, or corrosive chemical agent designed or intended to incapacitate, harm, or kill a targeted military or civilian group. : CW


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chemical weapon1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences

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In the memoir, he carefully chronicles his great-grandfather’s unsavory involvement in Nazi chemical weapons research and gas mask development.

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This comes after years of Republican lawmakers banging the drums of war against the narcos south of the border, even describing illicit fentanyl, an opioid used daily in hospitals for surgery, as a "chemical weapon."

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Earlier this week, Syria's foreign minister told the global chemical weapons watchdog that the new government was committed to destroying any remaining stockpiles produced under-Assad.

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The OPCW's Investigation and Identification Team documented multiple uses of chemical weapons during the war, identifying the Syrian military as the perpetrator of five cases of chemical weapons use in 2017 and 2018.

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"I knew they could put you in prison, break up protests with batons, invent criminal charges. But poisoning with a chemical weapon?"

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