单词 | chemical warfare |
释义 | chemical warfarenounwarfare with asphyxiating, poisonous, or corrosive gases, oil flames, etc. Origin of chemical warfareFirst recorded in 1915–20 Words nearby chemical warfarechemical pulp, chemical reaction, chemical repair, chemical sensitivity, chemical toilet, chemical warfare, chemical weathering, chemico-, chemigraphy, chemiluminescence, chemin de fer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chemical warfare
British Dictionary definitions for chemical warfarechemical warfare nounwarfare in which chemicals other than explosives are used as weapons, esp warfare using asphyxiating or nerve gases, poisons, defoliants, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for chemical warfarechemical warfare The use of chemical agents as a weapon of war or terror. From the mustard gas used in World War I to the highly lethal neurotoxin Sarin that is potentially available for use today, chemicals are considered a weapon of mass destruction, and their use is condemned by most civilized nations. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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