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VX

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noun

  1. a US lethal nerve gas

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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

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

Candace Coyle, the plant’s project manager, said Wednesday the nation’s entire stockpile of VX nerve agent “is now completely destroyed.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 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 Newton, Isaac, Sir