Meaning | chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants. |
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Narrower | chemical bomb, gas bomb | A bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes |
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pepper spray | A nonlethal aerosol spray made with the pepper derivative oleoresin capiscum |
poison gas | A gas that is poisonous to breath or contact |
tear gas, teargas, lacrimator, lachrymator | A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them |
Broader | weapon of mass destruction, WMD, W.M.D. | A weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) |
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Spanish | arma química |
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Catalan | arma química |
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