Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chemical_weapon

1 sense of chemical weapon

Sense 1
chemical weapon -- (chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants)
       => weapon of mass destruction, WMD, W.M.D. -- (a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons))