Term: vx gas: a highly lethal nerve agent used in chemical warfare; a toxic liquid that penetrates the skin or lungs to disrupt the nervous system and stop respiration; in combat VX gas is deployed by detonating a container over the target area and can persist in the environment up to several weeks after release
Candidate hypernym: gas: a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely → 1
Candidate hypernym: eumycetes: category used in some classifications: coextensive with division Eumycota → 0
Candidate hypernym: radio interferometer: radio telescope that uses interference patterns from two antennas instead of a parabolic antenna → 0
Candidate hypernym: piaster: a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria → 0
Candidate hypernym: divi-divi: small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin → 0
Candidate hypernym: hex: an evil spell → 0
Candidate hypernym: invalidity: illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses → 0
Candidate hypernym: conscription: compulsory military service → 0
Candidate hypernym: ilang-ilang: evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental → 0
Candidate hypernym: degree day: a unit used in estimating fuel requirements for heating a building → 0
Candidate hypernym: peripheral nervous system: the section of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord → 0