nerve agent
noun
: a toxic, usually odorless organophosphate (such as sarin, tabun, or VX) that is used as a chemical weapon in gaseous or liquid form, disrupts the transmission of nerve impulses, and may cause breathing difficulties, coughing, vomiting, muscle weakness or paralysis, convulsions, coma, and death : nerve gas
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Ben runs with both and discovers that the onesie has been doused in a nerve agent and that the car was recently stolen by a patient from a doctor at Andy’s mental-health clinic.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Lawn and Patterson met whilst working on the BBC’s Panorama and went on to co-write hit drama The Salisbury Poisonings about the unbelievable events that took place in 2018 surrounding the novichok nerve agent and Russian spies.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
Navalny was imprisoned in January 2021 after deciding to return to Russia, despite his near-fatal poisoning with a nerve agent months earlier.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
World & Nation Following ex-spy’s poisoning, Brits are on edge about nerve agents.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Lawn and Patterson met whilst working on the BBC’s Panorama and went on to co-write hit drama The Salisbury Poisonings about the unbelievable events that took place in 2018 surrounding the novichok nerve agent and Russian spies.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
Navalny was imprisoned in January 2021 after deciding to return to Russia, despite his near-fatal poisoning with a nerve agent months earlier.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
World & Nation Following ex-spy’s poisoning, Brits are on edge about nerve agents.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Nerve agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nerve%20agent. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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