chemical weapons
- plural of chemical weapon.
Example Sentences
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U.S. intelligence officials long suspected that Syria was retaining, if not rebuilding, key aspects of its chemical-weapons capability.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2021
Larry Fox, a senior chemical-weapons analyst, did not watch basketball.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2020
He thought that, if inspectors could verify that Iraq had abandoned its chemical-weapons program, an invasion wouldn’t be necessary.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 29, 2019
The New York Times explores the role of chemical-weapons research in the First World War and the ongoing project to clean up the mess it left behind.
From Nature • Nov. 14, 2018
It was from his refuge in Turkey that Abbas heard about President Donald Trump’s decision to launch 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian air base to punish President Bashar Assad for a chemical-weapons attack.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2017
