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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

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

The researchers had previously used MegaSyn to generate molecules with therapeutic potential that have the same molecular target as VX, Urbina says.

From Scientific American Apr. 21, 2022

The Kentucky Army depot still has 277 tons of other chemical agents left to be destroyed, after beginning with more than 520 tons of VX, GB and mustard agent that was in storage for decades.

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 Sir Isaac Newton

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