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VX

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noun

  1. a US lethal nerve gas

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 2022, the last M55 rocket with the VX nerve agent was destroyed at the plant in Kentucky.

From Reuters ● Jul. 7, 2023

Kentucky originally had stockpiles of VX, GB and mustard agent that had been stored in bunkers for decades.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

His death was announced by Kevin Cook, who performs as Poison Waters and was Mr. Cole’s co-host at the nightclub, the Darcelle VX Showplace.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

For their study, the researchers had merely asked the software to generate substances similar to VX without inputting the exact structure of the molecule.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2022

And the Coast towards which the lines KL and VX are drawn, may be call'd the Coast of unusual Refraction.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Sir Isaac Newton

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