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novichok

novichok noun: any of a group of deadly organophosphate nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s to evade restrictions on chemical weapons.

Noun

novichok (countable and uncountable, plural novichoks)

  1. Any of a group of deadly organophosphate nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s to evade restrictions on chemical weapons.
    • Those still fixated on the problem and not the solution will argue that the United States should take no action on the CWC until Russia “comes clean” about the novichok program under the Memorandum of Understanding.1995, Amy E. Smithson, Chemical Weapons Disarmament in Russia: Problems and Prospects, page 60
    • Novichoks are allegedly the deadliest NAs ever produced and are potentially five to eight times more potent than VX.2013, Mahdi Balali-Mood, Mohammad Abdollahi, editors, Basic and Clinical Toxicology of Organophosphorus Compounds, page 14
    Synonyms:
    foliant

novichok meaning in Bengali

novichok in Bengali

nerve agent
নোভিচক nōbhicok

Examples of novichok in a sentence

  • Theresa May has identified the nerve agent used in the attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury as a novichok.2018 March 13, Ian Sample, “Novichok nerve agents – what are they?”, in The Guardian:
  • The poisoning also turned Novichok into something of a Russian calling card.2020 September 2, “Aleksei Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok, Germany Says”, in The New York Times:

Synonyms of novichok

  • foliant

Forms of novichok

pluralnovichoks
alternative formNovichok

Origin of novichok

From Russian новичо́к (novičók, literally “newbie, newcomer”).

Questions about novichok

What does novichok mean?
Novichok means any of a group of deadly organophosphate nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s to evade restrictions on chemical weapons.
What is novichok in Bengali?
Novichok in Bengali is নোভিচক (nōbhicok). See Novichok meaning in Bengali.
How do you use novichok in a sentence?
Theresa May has identified the nerve agent used in the attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury as a novichok.
What part of speech is novichok?
Novichok is a noun.
What is the plural of novichok?
The plural of novichok is novichoks.

Words near novichok in the dictionary

  1. noviceness
  2. novices
  3. noviceship
  4. noviceships
  5. novicey
  6. novichok
  7. novichoks
  8. noviciate
  9. noviciates
  10. novicidin
  11. Novick

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