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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Two earlier cases involved criminal charges -- the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, which carried out a sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, and Myokakuji group, whose executives were convicted of fraud.
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arkansasonline.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Two earlier case involved criminal charges—the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, which carried out a sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, and Myokakuji group, whose executives were convicted of fraud.
—TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
But 17 warns the Creeper mom about Marshall’s plan to use nerve gas on them – and to keep them from wiping out humans in revenge – and 18 sacrifices himself to blow up Marshall.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Aum Shinrikyo later unleashed a deadly nerve gas in Tokyo’s subway system in 1995.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Two earlier case involved criminal charges—the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, which carried out a sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, and Myokakuji group, whose executives were convicted of fraud.
—TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
But 17 warns the Creeper mom about Marshall’s plan to use nerve gas on them – and to keep them from wiping out humans in revenge – and 18 sacrifices himself to blow up Marshall.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Aum Shinrikyo later unleashed a deadly nerve gas in Tokyo’s subway system in 1995.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Nerve gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nerve%20gas. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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