G-series agent
- noun
- /ˈdʒiːˌsɪəriːz ˈeɪdʒənt/
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agente de la serie G
- Sarin, also known as GB, is perhaps the most notorious G-series agent used in chemical warfare.
Examples
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The military trained to handle exposure to G-series agents during chemical attack drills.
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Research into detecting G-series agents remains a high priority for defense organizations.
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The G-series agent is dangerous.
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Don't use a G-series agent!
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Research into detecting G-series agents remains a high priority for defense organizations.
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Sarin, also known as GB, is perhaps the most notorious G-series agent used in chemical warfare.
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The military trained to handle exposure to G-series agents during chemical attack drills.
Synonyms
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A very poisonous chemical used as a weapon that stops the nerves from working and makes people stop breathing
A very poisonous chemical weapon like sarin or tabun that stops nerves working quickly
A very poisonous chemical that attacks the nerves and is used as a weapon
Surface Forms
Morphology
G-series + agent
The head noun 'agent' makes it clear this is a type of substance or thing that produces an effect, and the compound 'G-series' signals a labelled subgroup, so a learner can infer it denotes a particular kind of agent. However, the specific technical meaning — that G-series refers to highly toxic, non-persistent nerve agents (e.g., sarin, soman) — is specialized knowledge not derivable from the constituents alone, so comprehension would be only partial without prior exposure.
Etymology
The term G-series agent probably comes from the fact that these deadly nerve chemicals were first made by German scientists before World War II. People started using the letter G, meaning 'German' or the name of the original 'lab group', to mark this set of agents, so the phrase now means that specific group of nerve agents.