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CHEMICAL WEAPON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("chemical weapon" is a kind of...):
W.M.D.; weapon of mass destruction; WMD (a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chemical weapon"):
chemical bomb; gas bomb (a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes)
pepper spray (a 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 gas (a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare)
lachrymator; lacrimator; tear gas; teargas (a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds)
