chemical bomb


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Noun1.chemical bomb - a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodeschemical bomb - a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes
bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
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
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Mine detection, unexploded ordnance detonation, chemical neutralisation, chemical bomb disposal and anti-tank combat were practised, as well as hostage rescue and other humanitarian activities.
"Taylor produced and detonated a chemical bomb near Fort Polk, causing injury to his fellow soldiers who responded to and investigated the incident.
This became significant when Porton Down boss Gary Aitkenhead dropped a chemical bomb by saying he wasn't sure the nerve agent used on Sergei and Yulia Skripal came from Russia.
The insiders note that no evidence has been produced to demonstrate convincingly that Syrian forces dropped a chemical bomb on a civilian area.
Rumours quickly started circulating of a possible Ebola scare or chemical bomb threat but police reassured locals that was not the case.
If they hear an aeroplane go overhead they are terrified." Even Samer admits he cannot stop shaking since the night the chemical bomb dropped.
Homemade chemical bomb events and resulting injuries--selected states, January 1996-March 2003.
Theoretically, it could also use the air force to deliver a chemical bomb on target.
The demo was carried out in a simulated scenario of a chemical bomb blast at a sports complex and an elaborate response by the Indian team to search and rescue people trapped under the rubble or in the parking lot etc.
Serious work on the bomb began in 1937, and the 100-pound M47 chemical bomb was adopted in 1940.
Two days after the report's release, a second improvised chemical bomb detonated south of Baghdad killing two more civilians and injuring another 60.
The deck also held no qualifier: "For the third time in a month, insurgents used a chemical bomb combining explosives with poisonous chlorine gas."

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