Examples of chemical weapon in a Sentence
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Numerous charges have been leveled against the alleged kingpin, including for murder, kidnapping, assault, racketeering, bank fraud, use of a chemical weapon and cocaine distribution.
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2024
Then, in August, 2020, the F.S.B. poisoned Navalny with Novichok, a chemical weapon.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
The unidentified individual offered to provide guidance on missiles and unmanned aircraft, as well as the construction of a chemical weapon.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
Of those, the vinyl chloride gas that caught fire could break down into compounds including hydrogen chloride and phosgene, a chemical weapon used during World War I as a choking agent, according to the EPA and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
Is tear gas a chemical weapon?
—Janice Chambers, The Conversation, 4 June 2020
Vinyl chloride, for example, the chemical that was carried in five of the cars, can cause toxic fumes made up of new compounds like carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride and phosgene, a substance classified as a lethal chemical weapon in World War I, according to Dr. Prunicki.
—Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
Although many of these protests are peaceful, in several cases, participants are being met by police in riot gear, who are using extreme crowd control methods, including tear gas — a chemical weapon that was banned in war in 1993 — and rubber bullets, which can do some serious damage.
—Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 2 June 2020
Phosgene is hazardous at very low levels, noted Schettler, and has been used as a chemical weapon in war.
—Jill Neimark, STAT, 21 Feb. 2023
Christina Coulter, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2024
Then, in August, 2020, the F.S.B. poisoned Navalny with Novichok, a chemical weapon.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
The unidentified individual offered to provide guidance on missiles and unmanned aircraft, as well as the construction of a chemical weapon.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
Of those, the vinyl chloride gas that caught fire could break down into compounds including hydrogen chloride and phosgene, a chemical weapon used during World War I as a choking agent, according to the EPA and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
Is tear gas a chemical weapon?
—Janice Chambers, The Conversation, 4 June 2020
Vinyl chloride, for example, the chemical that was carried in five of the cars, can cause toxic fumes made up of new compounds like carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride and phosgene, a substance classified as a lethal chemical weapon in World War I, according to Dr. Prunicki.
—Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
Although many of these protests are peaceful, in several cases, participants are being met by police in riot gear, who are using extreme crowd control methods, including tear gas — a chemical weapon that was banned in war in 1993 — and rubber bullets, which can do some serious damage.
—Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 2 June 2020
Phosgene is hazardous at very low levels, noted Schettler, and has been used as a chemical weapon in war.
—Jill Neimark, STAT, 21 Feb. 2023
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“Chemical weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chemical%20weapon. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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