# novichok

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of a group of deadly organophosphate nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s to evade restrictions on chemical weapons.

## Etymology
From Russian новичо́к (novičók, literally “newbie, newcomer”).

## Source
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