nerve gas
noun
: an organophosphate chemical weapon that may be inhaled, absorbed through the skin, or ingested and interferes with normal nerve transmission : nerve agent
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All the while, Trump has continued the Obama doctrine of avoiding large-scale conventional wars in the Middle East and has succeeded where his predecessor failed in enforcing a real red line against Bashar al-Assad’s use of nerve gas in Syria by launching targeted air strikes in response.
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Randall Schweller, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
So many of Lanthimos’s movies play like arch behavioral experiments, conducted in a laboratory filled with slow-acting nerve gas.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
The injuries appeared consistent with the use of nerve gas.
—Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2013
And chatbots can theoretically walk a would-be terrorist through the steps of making a bomb, nerve gas, and a host of other horrors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
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Randall Schweller, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
So many of Lanthimos’s movies play like arch behavioral experiments, conducted in a laboratory filled with slow-acting nerve gas.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
The injuries appeared consistent with the use of nerve gas.
—Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2013
And chatbots can theoretically walk a would-be terrorist through the steps of making a bomb, nerve gas, and a host of other horrors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
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“Nerve gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nerve%20gas. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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