Definition of Chemical warfare

1. Noun. Warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemy.

Exact synonyms: Chemical Operations
Generic synonyms: War, Warfare

Medical Definition of Chemical warfare

1. Tactical warfare using incendiary mixtures, smokes, or irritant, burning, or asphyxiating gases. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chemical Warfare

chemical shift artifact
chemical solution
chemical space
chemical species
chemical structure
chemical structures
chemical substance
chemical substances
chemical sympathectomy
chemical synapse
chemical synergism
chemical taxonomy
chemical terrorism
chemical toilet
chemical toilets
chemical warfare (current term)
chemical warfare agents
chemical weapon
chemical weapons
chemicalese
chemicalize
chemicalized
chemicalizes
chemicalizing
chemically
chemically cured resin
chemically imbalanced
chemicals
chemiclave
chemicocautery

Literary usage of Chemical warfare

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"chemical warfare and research: COLONEL GEORGE A. BURRELL, chemical warfare Service, USA (Introduced by Colonel Bogert.) chemical warfare and manufacturing ..."

2. Chemical Weapons and Material: Key Factors Affecting Disposal Costs and Schedule by Thomas J. Howard (1999)
"In 1992, the Congress directed the Army to plan for the disposal of chemical warfare materiel not included in the stockpile. The Army has spent nearly $3.2 ..."

3. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Final Report edited by Joyce C Laslof, Marguerite Knox, John D Baldeschwieler (1997)
"chemical warfare Agents At the time of the Gulf War, the US military believed Iraq had weapons that could deliver OP nerve agents, including sarin, soman, ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1919)
"George A. Burrell, chemical warfare Service, USA (Introduced by Col. Bogert.) (By title.) " chemical warfare and Manufacturing Development," by Col. ..."

5. Biological Weapons: The Threat Posed by Terrorists (2000)
"Within this deterrence-dominated strategic framework, direct defenses—either passive or active—against chemical warfare, and particularly biological warfare ..."

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