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OPCW

OPCW

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An international organization that helps countries destroy chemical weapons and obey the ban
  • proper noun
translation icon : OPCW

Examples

  • And then these teams, OPCW teams, begin the supervision of the destruction of these chemical weapons.

  • Their initial report was doctored and the OPCW put out a report that was completely misleading and contradicted what its own inspectors had found.

  • Subsequent joint OPCW-UN investigations went a step further, specifically blaming the Asad regime for one chlorine attack in April 2014 and two chlorine attacks in March 2015.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The OPCW oversees the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention to eliminate chemical weapons.

  • Syria is now a member of the OPCW, which monitors compliance with chemical weapons regulations.

  • The OPCW conducted an investigation into the use of chemical weapons during the conflict in Syria.

Synonyms

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
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An international group that helps countries destroy chemical weapons and checks they do not make or use them

has identical meaning but is the commonly used abbreviated form

Surface Forms

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Morphology

OPCW = O + P + C + W

OPCW is an initialism whose letter components do not convey the meaning; understanding requires knowing the expanded name rather than deriving meaning from the parts.

Etymology

OPCW stands for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and the key word prohibition means 'to ban', while chemical and weapons tell you what is banned. So the OPCW is the international group set up to ban and remove chemical weapons.