Nerve agent

/nˈɜːv ˈeɪdʒənt/

Nerve agent

a poisonous chemical that is damaging to the nervous system and is used as a war weapon

synonyms : nerve gas

Examples

1. His death followed a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Salisbury, England.

2. The VX nerve agent is number four.

3. Each woman was putting one part of the nerve agent onto Kim Jong-nam’s face.

4. After the war, the Allies discovered Germany’s stockpile of nerve agents.