chemical warfare
Poison gas attacks
Chemical warfare is combat using toxic chemicals to kill, injure, or incapacitate enemies.
The term covers poison gases, nerve agents, and other weaponized substances: Chemical warfare was banned by international treaty.
By extension, it describes any situation where harmful chemicals are deployed strategically: The company engaged in chemical warfare against the neighboring farm's crops.
- mustard gasBlistering chemical warfare agent
- sarinOrganophosphate chemical weapon
- phosgeneToxic carbonyl chloride gas
- poison gasHarmful inhaled chemical weapon
- nerve agentWeaponized neurotoxin
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- atrocitiesHolocaust, genocide, massacre, massacres, ethnic cleansing
- chemical weaponsmustard gas, nerve agents, sarin, nerve agent, VX
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
- Chemical Industryrefineries, catalysis, polymers, plastics, fertilizers
- chemistryatom, atoms, molecule, molecules, elements
chemical warfareconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
conventional weapons · conventional arms · hand-to-hand combat · infantry combat · nuclear warfare
chemical warfarepeaceful resolution
Conflict ended without violence
diplomacy · peace negotiations · peace · ceasefire · disarmament
chemical warfarehumanitarian aid
Crisis relief for sufferers
medical relief · peacekeeping · arms control · Geneva Conventions
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