chemical weapon

American  

[kem-i-kuhl wep-uhn] / ˈkɛm ɪ kəl ˈwɛp ən /

noun

• chemical weapons
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• chemical weapons
  plural

Etymology

Origin of chemical weapon

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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chemical weapon

To make its powerful chemical weapon, the organism had to solve a problem.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023

Because it has legal uses, white phosphorus is not banned as a chemical weapon under international conventions, but it can cause serious burns and start fires.

From Reuters ● Oct. 12, 2023

Last Friday, the US destroyed its last chemical weapon at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky.

From NewsForKids.net ● Jul. 11, 2023

Novichok was the chemical weapon which nearly killed former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England, in March 2018.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2022

Having thus shown the independence of the chemical weapon, under conditions of limitation of armament, we are faced with an important question.

From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Victor Lefebure