NERVE GAS

Meaning of NERVE GAS in English

any of several poison gases, derived chiefly from phosphoric acid, that weaken or paralyze the nervous system, esp. that part of the system controlling respiration.

[ 1935-40 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

NERVE GAS — noun Date: 1940 an organophosphate chemical weapon that interferes with normal nerve transmission and induces intense bronchial spasm with resulting …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NERVE GAS — Weapon of chemical warfare that affects the transmission of nerve impulses through the nervous system. The organophosphorus nerve agents Tabun, …
Английский словарь Британика
NERVE GAS — noun : a war gas that is absorbed into the body through the skin, ingested, or inhaled and that has …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NERVE GAS — poisonous chemical gas used in battle to paralyze the respiratory and central nervous system
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NERVE GAS — Date: 1940 : an organophosphate chemical weapon that interferes with normal nerve transmission and induces intense bronchial spasm with resulting …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NERVE GAS — Function: noun Date: 1940 : an organophosphate chemical weapon that interferes with normal nerve transmission and induces intense bronchial spasm …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NERVE GAS — ■ noun a poisonous vapour which disrupts the transmission of nerve impulses, causing death or disablement.
Concise Oxford English vocab
NERVE GAS — [nerve gas] n (1940): an organophosphate chemical weapon that interferes with normal nerve transmission and induces intense bronchial spasm with …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NERVE GAS — noun a poisonous gas used in war that attacks your central nervous system
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NERVE GAS — ˈnerve gas BrE AmE noun [uncountable] a poisonous gas that is used in war to kill or ↑ paralyse people
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NERVE GAS — ( nerve gases) Nerve gas is a poisonous gas used in war as a weapon. N-MASS
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NERVE GAS — (~es) Nerve gas is a poisonous gas used in war as a weapon. N-MASS
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NERVE GAS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A new form of nerve gas ? ▪ And much of the liquid used to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NERVE GAS — Weapon of chemical warfare that affects the transmission of nerve impulses through the nervous system. The organophosphorus nerve agents Tabun, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
NERVE GAS — нервно-паралитический газ
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NERVE GAS — нервно-паралитический газ
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NERVE GAS — газ нервно-паралитического действия
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NERVE GAS — газ нервно-паралитического действия
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NERVE GAS — нервно-паралитический газ
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NERVE GAS — нервно-паралитический газ
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NERVE GAS — нервно-паралитический газ
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
NERVE GAS — OB нервно-паралитического действия (воен.)
Англо-Русский словарь военных терминов
NERVE GAS — нервно-паралитический газ
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GAS — I One of the three fundamental states of matter , in which matter has no definite shape, is very fluid, …
Английский словарь Британика
NERVE — I. ˈnərv, -ə̄v, -əiv noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin nervus sinew, nerve; akin to Greek neuron sinew, nerve, string, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GAS — I. ˈgas, -aa(ə)s, -ais noun ( plural gases also gasses ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: New Latin, alteration of chaos …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NERVE — /nerrv/ , n. , v. , nerved, nerving . n. 1. one or more bundles of fibers forming part of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GAS — — gasless , adj. /gas/ , n. , pl. gases , v. , gassed, gassing . n. 1. Physics. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NERVE — I. ˈnərv noun Etymology: Latin nervus sinew, nerve; akin to Greek neuron sinew, nerve, nēn to spin — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GAS — I. ˈgas noun ( plural gas·es also gas·ses ) Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Latin chaos space, chaos Date: 1779 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NERVE — noun audacity; assurance. 2. nerve ·noun a sinew or a tendon. 3. nerve ·noun one of the nervures, or veins, …
Webster English vocab
GAS — noun laughing gas. 2. gas ·noun any irrespirable aeriform fluid. 3. gas ·add. ·noun gasoline. 4. gas ·add. ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
GAS — [gas] n, pl gas.es also gas.ses [NL, alter. of L chaos space, chaos] (1779) 1: a fluid (as air) that …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NERVE — nerve BrE AmE nɜːv AmE nɝːv ▷ nerved nɜːvd AmE nɝːvd ▷ nerves nɜːvz AmE nɝːvz ▷ nerving ˈnɜːv ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NERVE — / nɜːv; NAmE nɜːrv/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] any of the long threads that carry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GAS — / gæs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. gases or less frequent gas·ses ) NOT SOLID / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NERVE — I. nerve 1 S3 W3 /nɜːv $ nɜːrv/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ nervous , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GAS — I. gas 1 S1 W2 /ɡæs/ BrE AmE noun ( plural gases or gasses ) [ Sense 1-3, 6-9: Date: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NERVE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a fibre or bundle of fibres that transmits impulses of sensation or motion between …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GAS — n. & v. --n. (pl. gases) 1 any airlike substance which moves freely to fill any space available, irrespective of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NERVE — n. & v. n. 1 a a fibre or bundle of fibres that transmits impulses of sensation or motion between …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GAS — n. & v. n. (pl. gases) 1 any airlike substance which moves freely to fill any space available, irrespective of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NERVE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a fibre or bundle of fibres that transmits impulses of sensation or motion between …
Oxford English vocab
GAS — n. & v. --n. (pl. gases) 1. any airlike substance which moves freely to fill any space available, irrespective of …
Oxford English vocab
NERVE — ( nerves) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Nerves are long thin …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GAS — ( gases, gasses, gassing, gassed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NERVE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a blood/nerve/brain/muscle etc cell ▪ No new brain cells are produced after birth. brain/liver/nerve …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GAS — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a gas explosion ▪ Firefighters say that a gas explosion destroyed the building. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NERVE — (BRAVERY) [noun] [U] - bravery or confidence necessary to do something difficult, unpleasant or rudeIt takes a lot of nerve …
Cambridge English vocab
GAS — n. marsh gas gas chromatography gas laws gas reservoir intestinal gas natural gas nerve gas laughing gas noble gas inert …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GAS
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NERVE — noun 1 in the body ADJECTIVE ▪ pinched ( AmE ), trapped ( BrE ) ▪ sensitive ▪ damaged ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NERVE — n. 25B6; noun the nerves that transmit pain : nerve fibre, neuron, axon; Physiology dendrite. See list. the match will …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GAS — n. 25B6; noun . See list. gaseous. Gases See also poison . lewisite acetylene liquefied natural gas (LNG) afterdamp liquefied …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NERVE — 1. сущ. 1) мускул, сухожилие; преим. во фразе : to strain every nerve ≈ напрягать все силы; приложить все усилия …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NERVE — nerve.ogg 1. nɜ:v n 1. анат. нерв nerve plexus - нервное сплетение nerve gas /poison/ - воен. отравляющее вещество нервно-паралитического …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GAS — gas.ogg 1. gæs n 1. 1> газ natural gas - природный газ gas deliveries - поставки (природного) газа gas heat …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GAS — 1) газ || выделять газ || газовый; газообразный 2) авто проф. сокр. от gasoline топливо; бензин 3) отравляющее вещество, ОВ …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GAS — 1) газ || выделять газ || газовый; газообразный 2) авто проф. сокр. от gasoline топливо; бензин 3) отравляющее вещество, ОВ || поражать …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
NERVE — нерв, нервный nerve net without circles — нервная [нейронная] сеть без петель nerve of a covering — нерв покрытия nerve of family of …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
NERVE — nerve сущ.1) мускул, сухожилие преим. во фразе: to strain every nerve — напрягать все силы; приложить все усилия Syn:sinew, tendon …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NERVE — 1. nɜ:v n 1. анат. нерв nerve plexus - нервное сплетение nerve gas /poison/ - воен. отравляющее вещество нервно-паралитического действия; …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GAS — 1. gæs n 1. 1> газ natural gas - природный газ gas deliveries - поставки (природного) газа gas heat - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
NERVE — 1. сущ. 1) мускул, сухожилие преим. во фразе : to strain every nerve — напрягать все силы; приложить все усилия …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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