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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Trump struck Bashar al-Assad’s airbases in 2017 and 2018, after the Syrian dictator attacked his own people with sarin nerve gas.
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Andrew Kishuni, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
The next year, Assad used nerve gas in civilian areas of Damascus, and there was no retaliation.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
First available in 1957, thalidomide was a product of Chemie Grünenthal, a German drug juggernaut whose leaders included several war criminals, among them an inventor of sarin nerve gas who had been convicted of using slave labor at Auschwitz.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
The film ends with Egerton’s Ethan saving the day and preventing the nerve gas attack.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Kishuni, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
The next year, Assad used nerve gas in civilian areas of Damascus, and there was no retaliation.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
First available in 1957, thalidomide was a product of Chemie Grünenthal, a German drug juggernaut whose leaders included several war criminals, among them an inventor of sarin nerve gas who had been convicted of using slave labor at Auschwitz.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
The film ends with Egerton’s Ethan saving the day and preventing the nerve gas attack.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Nerve gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nerve%20gas. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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