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PRONUNCIATION OF NERVE GAS

nerve gas play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NERVE GAS

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Nerve gas is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NERVE GAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nerve agent

Nerve agents are a class of phosphorus-containing organic chemicals that disrupt the mechanism by which nerves transfer messages to organs. The disruption is caused by blocking acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that normally destroys acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter. As chemical weapons, they are classified as weapons of mass destruction by the United Nations according to UN Resolution 687 and their production and stockpiling was outlawed by the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993; the Chemical Weapons Convention officially took effect on April 29, 1997. The use of dangerous gases in warfare is forbidden by treaties already in the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 and Geneva Protocol of 1925. Poisoning by a nerve agent leads to contraction of pupils, profuse salivation, convulsions, involuntary urination and defecation, and eventual death by asphyxiation as control is lost over respiratory muscles. Some nerve agents are readily vaporized or aerosolized and the primary portal of entry into the body is the respiratory system.

Definition of nerve gas in the English dictionary

The definition of nerve gas in the dictionary is any of various poisonous gases that have a potentially fatal paralysing effect on the central nervous system.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NERVE GAS

nervation
nervature
nerve
nerve agent
nerve block
nerve cell
nerve centre
nerve ending
nerve fibre
nerve growth factor
nerve impulse
nerve specialist
nerve-racking
nerve-wracking
nerveless
nervelessly
nervelessness
nervelet
nerver
nerves

WORDS THAT END LIKE NERVE GAS

air gas
bottle gas
butane gas
carbonic-acid gas
flue gas
greenhouse gas
inert gas
laughing gas
liquefied natural gas
mustard gas
natural gas
noble gas
propane gas
rare gas
sewage gas
shale gas
step on the gas
synthesis gas
tear gas
water gas

Synonyms and antonyms of nerve gas in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «nerve gas» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NERVE GAS

Find out the translation of nerve gas to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nerve gas from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nerve gas» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

神经毒气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gas nervioso
570 millions of speakers

English

nerve gas
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तंत्रिका गैस
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

غاز الأعصاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нервно-паралитический газ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gás de nervos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নার্ভ গ্যাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gaz neurotoxique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gas saraf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nervengas
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

神経ガス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신경 가스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gas saraf
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khí thần kinh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நரம்பு வாயு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चेतापेशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sinir gazı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gas nervino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gaz nerwów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нервово - паралітичний газ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gaz paralizant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αέριο νεύρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

senuwee gas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nervgas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nervegass
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nerve gas

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NERVE GAS»

The term «nerve gas» is regularly used and occupies the 55.844 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NERVE GAS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nerve gas» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nerve gas» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nerve gas

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NERVE GAS»

Discover the use of nerve gas in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nerve gas and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cassidy's Run: The Secret Spy War Over Nerve Gas
Cassidy's Run tells this extraordinary true story for the first time, following a trail that leads from Washington to Moscow, with detours to Florida, Minnesota, and Mexico.
David Wise, 2000
2
The Nerve Gas Attack on the Tokyo Subway
An account of the gas attack on Tokyo, focusing on the events leading up to the act of terrorism, the impact on people involved, and the investigation into this crime.
J. Poolos, 2003
3
New Scientist
BRITISH scientists are testing nerve gas on human volunteers a decade after such experiments were banned in the US. The tests, at the Chemical Defence Establishment at Porton Down, Wiltshire use volunteer soldiers as subjects. In one ...
4
New Scientist
A SENIOR officer at the US Army's chemical defence establishment in Ford Detrick, Maryland, has revealed details of how biotechnology is being harnessed to devise better antidotes to nerve gas. Colonel Ed Houston, research area manager ...
5
A Laboratory History of Chemical Warfare Agents
In general, recovery from mild exposures to nerve gas is rapid, although in some studies, 20% of exposed personnel had symptoms beyond 2 weeks. 10% had symptoms beyond 3 weeks. In a few cases, persons exposed to mild doses of ...
Jared Ledgard, 2007
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Nervous about Nerve Gas
THE DEBATE ON production of a new generation of nerve gas weapons has produced one of the more unusual paradoxes in Washington, D.C. Many politicians have no trouble accepting the fact that the United States and the Soviet Union ...
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Mother Jones Magazine
Other guards, even though they carefully avoided the yellow cloud, fell into convulsions and died on the spot. The Iranian human wave melted; they had become the first battlefield victims of nerve gas in history. Nerve gas is in the air lately.
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Treatment of Chemical Warfare Casualties
Absorption of sufficient nerve gas by any route results in generalized systemic effects. The respiratory tract is the most rapid and most efficient of the above routes of absorption. b. The mask protects the eyes, respiratory tract, and mouth against ...
United States. Dept. of the Army, 1956
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Iraq and the War of Sanctions: Conventional Threats and ...
These properties of mustard gas gave it considerable effectiveness against Iranian infantry, even though nerve gas did not produce high levels of fatalities. Iranian forces often spent considerable time in exposed locations and had relatively ...
Anthony H. Cordesman, 1999
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Walking Through Walls: A Memoir
Pop looked at me and said, “You have nerve-gas poisoning. A lot of people are mysteriously getting sick, and no one knows what it is.” “Nerve gas!” I thought to myself. “What the hell is he talking about? How did I get that? I haven't been ...
Philip Smith, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NERVE GAS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nerve gas is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Dead Body, a Missing Woman and 1200 Weapons - Inside the …
The fiancée of a California man found decomposing in a parked SUV has claimed that he was a CIA agent and was dying from nerve gas ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
2
RIP Douglas Cook, screenwriter behind The Rock and Double …
... from destroying San Francisco with nerve gas—helped introduce the world to the over-the-top action and drama that have become hallmarks ... «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
3
AUSTIN BAY: The real deal with the Iranian deal
Yet Syria killed 1,500 civilians with nerve gas, and nothing happened. Iran noticed Obama's failure to enforce. Syria is Tehran's client. «nwitimes.com, Jul 15»
4
ISIL uses chemical arms against Syrian Kurdish people
A man holds the body of a dead child among bodies of other people who were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region, in the Duma ... «Press TV, Jul 15»
5
It's formulaic fun time in “Survivor”
Chase scenes and explosions rule as Kate tries to clear her name and stop a nerve gas attack about to be loosed New Year's Eve on New York ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Jul 15»
6
Austin Bay: The real deal with the Iran deal
Yet Syria killed 1,500 civilians with nerve gas, and nothing happened. Iran noticed Obama's failure to enforce. Syria is Tehran's client. «Lowell Sun, Jul 15»
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Obama may now have to do some 'mullah-coddling' in Syria
... child among bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region, in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus, in 2013. «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
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'Ant-Man' & 8 More Flicks That Take the Action to San Francisco
... much of the focus is on Alcatraz Island, where a bunch of disgruntled military dudes are threatening to launch toxic nerve gas at the residents. «WordandFilm.com, Jul 15»
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Obama says he was 'encouraged' by a recent phone call from …
... to Assad killed 1,400 people in four hours by dropping bombs filled with sarin nerve gas on a rebel-held suburb of the capital of Damascus. «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
10
The UK's most poisonous plants
Nightshade can be used to dilate the pupil and has been used a as a nerve gas antidote. Wolfsbane. SHARE PICTURE. Copy link to paste in ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»

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