chemical weapon
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1. chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | w.m.d., weapon of mass destruction, wmd, |
| definition | : | a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | chemical bomb, gas bomb, |
| definition | : | a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pepper spray, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | poison gas, |
| definition | : | a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare (noun.substance) |
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