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VX GAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does VX gas mean?
• VX GAS (noun)
The noun VX GAS has 1 sense:
1. a highly lethal nerve agent used in chemical warfare; a toxic liquid that penetrates the skin or lungs to disrupt the nervous system and stop respiration; in combat VX gas is deployed by detonating a container over the target area and can persist in the environment up to several weeks after release
Familiarity information: VX GAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A highly lethal nerve agent used in chemical warfare; a toxic liquid that penetrates the skin or lungs to disrupt the nervous system and stop respiration; in combat VX gas is deployed by detonating a container over the target area and can persist in the environment up to several weeks after release
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Context example:
VX gas is one of those things we wish we could disinvent
Hypernyms ("VX gas" is a kind of...):
nerve agent; nerve gas (a toxic gas that is inhaled or absorbed through the skin and has harmful effects on the nervous and respiratory system)
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