noun
chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants
• Hypernyms: ↑weapon of mass destruction, ↑WMD, ↑W.M.D.
• Hyponyms:
↑chemical bomb, ↑gas bomb, ↑pepper spray, ↑poison gas, ↑tear gas, ↑teargas, ↑lacrimator, ↑lachrymator
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a weapon that contains a poisonous chemical substance
Thesaurus: chemical and biological weaponshyponym
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a weapon that uses poisonous gases and chemicals to kill and injure people
Useful english dictionary. 2012.