CBRN

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

CBRN (not comparable)

  1. (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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French

Etymology

Calque of English CBRN (“chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.be.ɛʁ.ɛn/

Adjective

CBRN (invariable)

  1. (weaponry) initialism of chimique, biologique, radiologique, nucléaire; synonym of NRBC
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