Explore Novichok through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Novichok in a sentence
Novichok meaning
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.
Using Novichok
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- In the example corpus, novichok often appears in combinations such as: agent novichok, the novichok, novichok nerve.
Context around Novichok
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Novichok
- In this selection, "novichok" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, agent, carried, saying, poisonings, nerve and sprinkled stand out and add context to how "novichok" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the novichok attack in and and the novichok poisonings in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "novichok" sits close to words such as abortive, adel and agonising, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with novichok
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Novichok suppresses an important enzyme known as cholinesterase. (8 words)
Novichok does not become toxic until the two are mixed. (10 words)
Mr. Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were found to have Novichok in their systems. (14 words)
Concerns have been raised about the response to the second Wiltshire novichok poisonings after it emerged that one of the victims was treated for the effects of the nerve agent three days before a major incident was declared. (38 words)
Salisbury man Charlie Rowley spotted a perfume bottle in a bin and gave it to his partner, mother-of-three Dawn Sturgess, 44. It contained Novichok: and had been used to smuggle the poison into Britain. (36 words)
Russian officials said on Friday that metabolic problems and pancreatitis caused Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to fall ill in August, ruling out findings by European labs that he was poisoned with Novichok. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
He dismissed British media reports that Yulia Skripal could have unwittingly carried Novichok from Moscow as “utter nonsense”, saying Novichok would not have survived the journey.
Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned by nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury in Wiltshire in 2018.
Earlier, a botched bid to kill him with radioactive nerve agent Novichok sprinkled in his underpants had failed.
The nerve agent Novichok nearly killed former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury in March 2018.
There were also the statements around the shooting down of MH17 and the novichok poisonings in Salisbury.
In 2018, the Kremlin was also accused of being behind the attempted murder of ex-double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, southwest England, using a Novichok nerve agent.
Mr Kudryavtsev said he had been sent to Omsk later to seize Mr Navalny's clothes and remove all traces of Novichok from them.
Mr. Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were found to have Novichok in their systems.
Novichok does not become toxic until the two are mixed.
Novichok nerve agents were banned in late 2019 after being added to the Chemical Weapons Convention's list of controlled substances.
Novichok suppresses an important enzyme known as cholinesterase.
Russian officials said on Friday that metabolic problems and pancreatitis caused Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to fall ill in August, ruling out findings by European labs that he was poisoned with Novichok.
Salisbury man Charlie Rowley spotted a perfume bottle in a bin and gave it to his partner, mother-of-three Dawn Sturgess, 44. It contained Novichok: and had been used to smuggle the poison into Britain.
She said Mr Corbyn was "completely wrong" to call for dialogue after Dawn Sturgess was killed by the Novichok Russia is accused of using to poison former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal.
The polls come only weeks after the suspected poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny with Novichok.
The United States on Wednesday said it was “deeply troubled” by news that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny had been with the chemical agent Novichok.
Toxicologists who have been consulted by CNN say that if used in the form of granules on clothes, Novichok will be absorbed through the skin when the victim begins to sweat.
Two Russian nationals have been accused of travelling to the UK to try to murder Mr Skripal with Novichok.
Concerns have been raised about the response to the second Wiltshire novichok poisonings after it emerged that one of the victims was treated for the effects of the nerve agent three days before a major incident was declared.
Mr WIlliamson said: “After the Novichok attack in Salisbury a year ago, the nation turned to the Armed Forces and expert scientists.
Common combinations with novichok
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- agent novichok 11×
- the novichok 9×
- novichok nerve 8×
- novichok in 5×
- to novichok 5×
- that novichok 5×
- of novichok 4×
- with novichok 4×
- novichok poisonings 3×
- as novichok 3×