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chemical weapon

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A noxious substance contained in some form of delivery system such as a shell or missile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weapon of mass destruction, WMD, W.M.D.

Narrower terms: chemical bomb, gas bomb, pepper spray, poison gas, tear gas, teargas, lacrimator, lachrymator

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Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: chemiese wapen — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Albanian: armë kimike — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Arabic: سِلَاح كِيمِيَائِيّ (silāḥ kīmiyāʔiyy) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Armenian: քիմիական զենք (kʻimiakan zenkʻ) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Asturian: arma química — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Azerbaijani: kimyəvi silah — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Belarusian: хімі́чная збро́я (ximíčnaja zbrója) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Bulgarian: хими́ческо оръ́жие (himíčesko orǎ́žie) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Catalan: arma química — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 化學武器 /化学武器 (huàxué wǔqì) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 化武 (huàwǔ) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Czech: chemická zbraň — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Danish: kemiske våben — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Dutch: chemisch wapen — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Esperanto: kemia armilo — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Estonian: keemiarelv — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Finnish: kemiallinen ase — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • French: arme chimique — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Galician: arma química — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Georgian: ქიმიური იარაღი (kimiuri iaraɣi) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • German: chemische Waffe — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • German: Chemiewaffe — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Greek: χημικό όπλο (chimikó óplo) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Hindi: रासायनिक शस्त्र (rāsāynik śastra) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Hungarian: vegyi fegyver — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Icelandic: efnavopn — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Indonesian: senjata kimia — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Interlingua: arma chimic — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Italian: arma chimica — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Japanese: 化学兵器 (kagaku heiki) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Kazakh: химиялық қару (ximiälyq qaru) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Khmer: អាវុធគីមី (ʼaavutkiimii) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Korean: 화학무기 (hwahangmugi) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Northern Kurdish: çeka kîmyewî — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Kyrgyz: химиялык курал (himiyalık kural) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Lao: ອາວຸດເຄມີ (ʼā wut khē mī) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Latvian: ķīmiskais ierocis — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Lithuanian: cheminis ginklas — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Macedonian: хемиско оружје (hemisko oružje) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Malay: senjata kimia — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Marathi: रासायनिक शस्त्र (rāsāynik śastra) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Marathi: रासायनिक हत्यार (rāsāynik hatyār) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Mongolian: химийн зэвсэг (ximiin zevseg) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjemisk våpen — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Persian: جنگافزار شیمیایی (jang-afzâr-e šimiyâyi) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Persian: سلاح شیمیایی (selâh-e šimiyâyi) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Polish: broń chemiczna — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Portuguese: arma química — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Romanian: armă chimică — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Russian: хими́ческое ору́жие (ximíčeskoje orúžije) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Serbo-Croatian: хемијско оружје — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Serbo-Croatian: кемијско оружје — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Serbo-Croatian: hemijsko oružje — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Serbo-Croatian: kemijsko oružje — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Slovak: chemická zbraň — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Slovene: kemično orožje — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Spanish: arma química — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Swahili: silaha ya kemikali — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Swedish: kemiskt vapen — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Swedish: kemvapen — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Tajik: аслиҳаи химиявӣ (asliha-yi ximiyavi) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Tajik: силоҳи химиявӣ (siloh-i ximiyavi) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Tajik: яроки химиявӣ (yarok-i ximiyavi) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Thai: อาวุธเคมี (aa-wút-kee-mii) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Turkish: kimyasal silah — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Ukrainian: хімі́чна збро́я (ximíčna zbrója) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Uzbek: kimyoviy qurol — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Uzbek: кимёвий қурол (kimyoviy qurol) — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Vietnamese: vũ khí hóa học — noxious substance in a delivery system
  • Yiddish: כעמישע וואָפֿן (khemishe vofn) — noxious substance in a delivery system