| 单词 | chemical weapon |
| 释义 | chemical weapon (once / 20920 pages) n WORD FAMILY chemical weapon: chemical weapons USAGE EXAMPLESIn August 2013, Parliament rejected the government's case for possible intervention in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons by Syrian regime forces. BBC(Dec 13, 2016) Amnesty International claims to have evidence that the government used chemical weapons. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) Western powers have attempted several times to sanction Syria over chemical weapons use, only to have their resolutions blocked by Russia’s veto. Seattle Times(Nov 29, 2016) n chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants Hypo|Hyper chemical bomb, gas bomb a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes pepper spraya nonlethal aerosol spray made with the pepper derivative oleoresin capiscum; used to cause temporary blindness and incapacitate an attacker; also used as a bear deterrent poison gasa gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare lachrymator, lacrimator, tear gas, teargasa gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds CS gas, chlorobenzylidenemalononitrilea tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema CN gas, chloroacetophenonea tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer nitrochloromethanegaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas blistering agent, dichloroethyl sulfide, mustard agent, mustard gas, sulfur mustarda toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote nerve agent, nerve gasa toxic gas that is inhaled or absorbed through the skin and has harmful effects on the nervous and respiratory system W.M.D., WMD, weapon of mass destruction a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) |
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