nerve gas

English

Noun

nerve gas (plural nerve gases)

1. A toxic chemical compound and banned weapon of mass destruction which, when inhaled or ingested, impairs nervous system functions, typically causing extreme physical distress and death by asphyxiation.
   • 1940 May 14, “Nazi ‘New Weapon’ Draws Skepticism”, in New York Times, page 6:

     United States Army chemical warfare experts said they believed it was quite possible that a gas corresponding roughly to the description of “nerve gas” might be produced under special conditions, but they had not heard that it could be successfully used in warfare.

   • 2004 February 27, George Nishiyama, “Japan Cult Guru to Hang for Sarin Nerve Gas Attack”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2 October 2008:

     A former Japanese cult guru was sentenced to hang Friday for masterminding a sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo subway trains in 1995.

Synonyms

• nerve agent

Translations

weapon of mass destruction

• Arabic: غَاز أَعْصَاب m (ḡāz ʔaʕṣāb), عَامِل أَعْصَاب m (ʕāmil ʔaʕṣāb)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: нерво́ва-параліты́чны газ m (njervóva-paralitýčny haz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神經毒氣／神经毒气 (shénjīng dúqì), 神經性毒劑／神经性毒剂 (zh) (shénjīngxìng dújì)

• Dutch: zenuwgas (nl) n
• Esperanto: nerva gaso
• Finnish: hermokaasu (fi)
• French: gaz innervant m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Nervengas (de) n, Nervenkampfstoff m
• Hindi: तंत्रिका गैस f (tantrikā gais)
• Irish: néarghás m
• Italian: gas nervino m
• Japanese: 神経ガス (shinkei gasu)
• Korean: 신경 가스 (sin'gyeong gaseu)
• Latin: gasum nervosum n
• Persian: گاز اعصاب (gâz-e a'sâb), عامل اعصاب ('âmel-e a'sâb)
• Russian: не́рвно-паралити́ческий газ m (nérvno-paralitíčeskij gaz)
• Spanish: gas nervioso m
• Swedish: nervgas (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: нерво́во-параліти́чний газ m (nervóvo-paralitýčnyj haz)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• avengers, engraves, vernages