Definition of "chemical agent" [chemical agent]

• Any noxious substance intended for use in military or police operations. (noun)

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• "It has also revealed substantial chemical weapons activities, including significantquantities of chemical agent and agent-ready bombs."
• "Intravenous injections of a chemical agent we call Pentothal-V6, twice a day for ten days at twelve-hour intervals — once the client has been put into a suitably frightened, disoriented frame of mind, by the usual sleep-wake method, followed by four days of sleeplessness. ""