CBRN
English
Pronunciation
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Adjective
CBRN (not comparable)
- (military, US, emergency medicine) Initialism of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear, used to remember the four types of weapons of mass destruction.
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Etymology
Calque of English CBRN (“chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.be.ɛʁ.ɛn/
Adjective
CBRN (invariable)
- (weaponry) initialism of chimique, biologique, radiologique, nucléaire; synonym of NRBC