nerve gas

English

nerve gas (plural nerve gases)

A toxic chemical compound and banned weapon of mass destruction which, when inhaled or ingested, impairs nervous system functions, typically causing extreme physical distress and death by asphyxiation.
- 1940 May 14, "Nazi ‘New Weapon’ Draws Skepticism," New York Times, p. 6:
  United States Army chemical warfare experts said they believed it was quite possible that a gas corresponding roughly to the description of “nerve gas” might be produced under special conditions, but they had not heard that it could be successfully used in warfare.
- 2004 Feb. 27, George Nishiyama, "Japan Cult Guru to Hang for Sarin Nerve Gas Attack," Washington Post (retrieved 2 Oct 2008):
  A former Japanese cult guru was sentenced to hang Friday for masterminding a sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo subway trains in 1995.

weapon of mass destruction

Arabic: غَاز أَعْصَاب‎ m (ḡāz ʾaʿṣāb), عَامِل أَعْصَاب‎ m (ʿāmil ʾaʿṣāb)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: нерво́ва-параліты́чны газ m (njervóva-paralitýčny haz)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 神經毒氣／神经毒气 (shénjīng dúqì), 神經性毒劑／神经性毒剂 (zh) (shénjīngxìng dújì)
Dutch: zenuwgas (nl) n
Esperanto: nerva gaso
Finnish: hermokaasu (fi)
French: gaz innervant m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Nervengas (de) n, Nervenkampfstoff m
Hindi: तंत्रिका गैस f (tantrikā gais)
Irish: néarghás m
Italian: gas nervino m
Japanese: 神経ガス (shinkei gasu)
Korean: 신경 가스 (sin'gyeong gaseu)
Latin: gasum nervosum n
Persian: گاز اعصاب‎ (gâz-e a'sâb), عامل اعصاب‎ ('âmel-e a'sâb)
Russian: не́рвно-паралити́ческий газ m (nérvno-paralitíčeskij gaz)
Spanish: gas nervioso m
Swedish: nervgas c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: нерво́во-параліти́чний газ m (nervóvo-paralitýčnyj haz)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can