chemical weapon
Toxic combat substance
A chemical weapon is a device that delivers toxic substances to harm or kill people.
This includes not just bombs and shells but also delivery systems for nerve agents, mustard gas, and other poisons.
The term covers both the munitions and the chemical agents themselves: The treaty bans the production of chemical weapons.
Distinguished from biological weapons, which use living organisms or their toxins.
- sarinOrganophosphate chemical weapon
- poison gasHarmful inhaled chemical weapon
- phosgeneToxic carbonyl chloride gas
- nerve agentWeaponized neurotoxin
- toxicCapable of causing harm
toxic exposure · VX · irritant · mustard gas · vesicant · organophosphate · WMD · CS gas · protective gear · banned substance · red line · anthrax · hazmat · canister · Geneva · warfare · mass casualty · war crime
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- Terrorismterrorism, terror cell, suicide bomber, suicide bombing, suicide attack
- aviation threatshijacking, skyjacking, bomb threat, terrorism, explosive
- chemical weaponsmustard gas, nerve agents, sarin, nerve agent, VX
- Superweaponsnuclear bomb, atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, neutron bomb, thermonuclear bomb
- WMD threatsbiological warfare, bioterrorism, poison gas, nerve agent, anthrax
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Non-WMD military armament
explosive ordnance · bullet · projectile weapon · bomb · missile
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Substance neutralizing harmful agents
medicine · gas mask · hazmat suit · cure · chemical defense
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