poison gas

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noun
  1. any of various toxic gases, especially those used in chemical warfare to kill or incapacitate on inhalation or contact, as phosgene, chlorine, etc.

Origin of poison gas

1
First recorded in 1910–15

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How to use poison gas in a sentence

  • It might have been heat, for the thermometer registered one hundred and thirty-five, and it might have been poison gas.

  • High-explosive shells and poison gas—these were the weapons which they believed would give them victory.

  • This ravine was crammed with artillery batteries which were daily subjected to fire and deluged with poison gas.

  • In addition to that, the fickleness of the wind might waft the poison gas in the direction of our own vessels.

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  • After Hill 60, Ypres, where shrapnel and poison gas put an end to my soldiering days—I am afraid for ever.

British Dictionary definitions for poison gas

poison gas

noun
  1. a gaseous substance, such as chlorine, phosgene, or lewisite, used in warfare to kill or harm

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