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VX GAS

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

• VX GAS (noun)

Sense 1

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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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