Sentence examples for horrific weapon from inspiring English sources

"So the U.S. doesn't even describe it in humanitarian terms, quite deliberately, I think, because it doesn't want to take on the mandate of stopping barrel bombs" — a horrific weapon that Assad has been using against Syrian civilians.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's late-breaking proposal for Assad to hand over his chemical munitions is almost surely a convenient fiction; it is hard to fathom that Syria's brutal dictator will lead U.N. inspectors to his chemical storehouses and part with his most horrific weapon for ensuring his survival.

Other, equally horrific weapons go unchallenged.

Alf Hitchcock, an expert on knife crime at the National Police Chiefs Councill, said: "Zombie knives are absolutely horrific weapons.

Ch Con Alf Hitchcock, the National Police Chiefs Councilleadad for knife-enabled crime, said: "'Zombie knives' are absolutely horrific weapons.

This week the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which bans the production, stockpiling and use of one lot of horrific weapons, gets fully under way.

Today, Donald H. Rumsfeld, the defense secretary, said that terrorists would "inevitably" obtain horrific weapons of mass destruction through relationships with their confederates in countries like Iraq, Iran, Libya, North Korea and Syria.

"We are pressing for a UN resolution to hold accountable those who use such horrific weapons in defiance of the rules of war," said Johnson.

Sellers of "zombie knives" could face a prison sentence from this week as a ban on the "horrific" weapons comes into effect.

Won't he be even more tempted to use his horrific weapons rather than see his regime destroyed?The fact is, it has taken the credible threat of massive force to get Iraq's and others' attention.

Alf Hitchcock, chief constable of the Ministry of Defence Police and lead on knife crime for the National Police Chiefs Councill, said: "These are absolutely horrific weapons for which there can be no legitimate use.