lethal agent

collocation in English

meaningsoflethalandagent

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lethal
adjective
uk
/ˈliː.θəl/us
/ˈliː.θəl/
able to cause or causing death; ...
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agent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/
a person who acts for or ...
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(Definition oflethalandagentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Withdrawing treatment likewise has a nonbranching causal structure - disconnecting a ventilator causes death and death causes some further end - but nolethalagent.
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Mustard is not considered alethalagent, but an incapacitating agent, causing only 3-5% mortality.
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Alethalagentis designed to injure or incapacitate the enemy, or deny unhindered use of a particular area of terrain.
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A terrifying number of casualties could be caused by small quantities of these lethal agents.
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During this meeting of experts we hope to continue discussion on how to define the classes of the most dangerous and lethal agents that we could ban.
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The bottom two floors were, in the 1950s and '60s, where scientists showered and changed into street clothes after working with lethal agents.
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Methods vary across cultures, and the easy availability of lethal agents and materials plays a role.
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These, together with harassing agents, are sometimes called nonlethal agents.
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Laboratory personnel have specific training in handling pathogenic and potentially lethal agents, and are supervised by competent scientists who are experienced in working with these agents.
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