Sentences with phrase «of weapon was used»

Researchers could not determine, for example, what kind of weapon was used in nearly two - thirds of the cases because the information was unrecorded.

MicroRNAs are a new class of weapon being used in the warfare.»

MicroRNAs are a new class of weapon being used in the warfare,» he said.

Additionally, gambling was associated with an increased likelihood of weapons being used in acts of violence, with more than a quarter in the pathological category, 18 per cent of problem gamblers, and seven per cent of non-problem gamblers reporting weapon usage.

Wounding a monster is an inevitable (scarring its mane «R. Ludroth,» severing its tail, clipping the wings) but you may not be able to wound everything on a monster because of a weapon you are using.

► Throughout the film, we see martial arts fights with acrobatics, punches and kicks, but no blood; a variety of weapons is used that includes daggers, metal darts, flaming arrows, spears, moon - knives (swords), wooden staves, axes, hooks, sledgehammers and a mace.

This resources describes what life as a soldier in the trenches would have been like, the more important role women played in the war than before and what sort of weapons were used in WW1.

When the gauge is full, you can unleash a stronger attack that changes depending on the type of weapon you are using.

The multiplayer is just as great being competitive with an array of weapons being used.

Also, as far I can tell in this case, R v Baden - Clay, there was no suggestion of a weapon being used.

Not exact matches

However U.S. commanders say the precision weapons used by the air force have meant an overall decrease in the number of civilian casualties from combat operations as fewer people have been killed in ground fighting.

«(I had) this dream that from a tiny acorn, the potential of a young person, could grow this massive oak tree... as Nelson Mandela said: «Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.»

So it's clear to see that there are several reasons why brands are choosing to use influencer marketing as a weapon to overcome marketing challenges and get ahead of their competitors.

The major counterterrorism goal is preventing attacks on the homeland, particularly any using weapons of mass destruction.

After the conference, Spicer offered additional clarification, telling an NBC reporter, «In no way was I trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the Holocaust, however, I was trying to draw a contrast of the tactic of using airplanes to drop chemical weapons on innocent people.»

«The United States, though inherently hostile to North Korea, will get to know once our talk begins that I am not the kind of person who will use nuclear weapons against the South or the United States across the Pacific,» Moon's press secretary Yoon Young - chan quoted Kim as saying.

Nuclear weapons have been used exactly twice in combat — both times by the US, and both times dropped by a propeller aircraft over largely unprotected Japanese airspace at the close of World War II.

Speaking on Sunday, Fihn said the risk of nuclear weapons being used was now greater than during the Cold War.

ICAN, which is a coalition of smaller organizations, has long campaigned for a treaty that would ban the use of nuclear weapons.

Also banned: instructions on «on how to make or use weapons if the goal is to injure or kill people,» unless there is «clear context that the content is for an alternative purpose (for example, shared as part of recreational self - defense activities, training by a country's military, commercial video games, or news coverage).»

(Not all aircraft active over Iraq and Syria are under US control, so the total number of weapons used is likely higher.)

North Dakota officials said the explosion that injured the woman was still under investigation, but injuries to her arm were not the result of any tools or weapons used by law enforcement.

Dzhokhar, 19, has been charged with one count of using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count of malicious destruction of property with an explosive device in connecting with the Boston bombings.

The one thing that ties all of these cases together (and you might throw in a comment this week by press secretary Sean Spicer about Hitler not using chemical weapons) is that there didn't appear to show remorse.

Keaton's character, Adrian Toomes, is used to explain a key plothole from 2012's «The Avengers»: What ever happened to all of the alien weapons and tools left on Earth after the film's end battle?

When a country does not have nuclear weapons but has a peaceful nuclear program that could be used to produce nuclear weapons, it is said to be in a state of «nuclear latency.»

The first thing that's changed is that Consumer Internet and Genomics are Driving Innovation at scale In the 1950's and» 60's U.S. Defense and Intelligence organizations drove the pace of innovation in Silicon Valley by providing research and development dollars to universities, and defense companies built weapons systems that used the Valley's first microwave devices and semiconductor components.

«Under the United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, for instance, states agreed to explore space for the benefit of all humankind, not place weapons of mass destruction on celestial bodies and avoid harmful contamination,» Maynard explains, but that was way back in 1967.

It uses tons of archival nuclear weapons footage — roughly a third of which the public has never seen before — overlaid with Cold War - era documents that are brought to life with eye - catching animation.

The use of weapons of this kind can never be justified, and must be ended.»

In Bronk's view, Russia most likely pressures Syria not to use chemical weapons, on the grounds that they raise the risk of a US strike and aren't needed militarily.

And any use of nuclear weapons by the North will be met with a massive military response that is both effective and overwhelming,» Mattis said.

That is, Pyongyang will «launch a lengthy, complicated negotiation to get agreement on actions each party must take, and use this process to buy time for the development of the North's nuclear weapons program.»

This can be an effective weapon when used against entrepreneurs, because entrepreneurs tend to take every aspect of their businesses very personally.

The Tomahawk missile, one of several stand - off weapons used in the overnight strikes in Syria, is an older and still effective weapons platform especially in its most updated versions.

That of course suggests that the weapons could still be used for those deemed «not peaceful».

«They are providing arms and weapons to the Syrian opposition that can be used in fighting against the Damascus government [the seat of Syrian government].»

Although police never recovered the weapon used to shoot Lloyd, five.45 - caliber shell casings were found at the scene of the crime.

Though the practice had been in use since the Korean War, Carlos Hathcock made the use of the M2.50 - caliber machine gun as a long - range sniper weapon a normal practice.

One final aspect of food technology, which I explore in my book, Sex, Bombs and Burgers, is its use by the United States as a weapon, figuratively speaking.

US government sources said Washington's assessment of the Saturday attack was that chemical weapons were used.

It's taken on greater urgency because the president had declared in an interview on Aug. 20 that use of chemical weapons would be «a red line for us» resulting in «enormous consequences.»

Garcia is right about the benefits of being able to measure guards» use of force on inmates, Minor said, but problems can arise if guards become overly dependent on weapons.

But reports of chemical attacks have surfaced regularly since then, and Islamist rebels fighting in the town of Douma — the site of the suspected chemical attack earlier this month that sparked the US and allies» strike on Friday — say Assad is using the terrifying weapons to win on the battlefield.

That scandal involved how the data of 87 million Facebook users was scraped and used as a psychological weapon to target voters.

The UK has acknowledged that the intention of the strikes was not to turn the overall tide in the war and was essentially meant as a punitive action to compel Assad not to use chemical weapons.

«If President Trump had ordered the strike only to show that the US responded to [Syrian President Bashar] Assad's use of chemical weapons, then that goal has been achieved,» Israel's Ynetnews quoted a senior defense official as saying.

«But if there was another objective — such as paralyzing the ability to launch chemical weapons or deterring Assad from using it again — it's doubtful any of these objectives have been met.»

«The statement of «Mission Accomplished» and (the assertion) that Assad's ability to use chemical weapons has been fatally hit has no basis,» the official said, most likely referring to a recent tweet from President Donald Trump.

But on Thursday, he tweeted that a U.S. missile strike on Syria in response to its alleged use of chemical weapons may not be imminent.