novichoks
novichoks is the plural of novichok.
Meaning of novichok
Noun
novichok (countable and uncountable, plural novichoks)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- foliant
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- Novichoks is the plural of novichok.
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