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gas-masked en · ADJ

Etymology

From gas mask + -ed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Wearing a gas mask.
   • A task force of 1,000 gas-masked, ready-to-shoot state troopers and sheriff’s deputies, backed in reserve by 70 truckloads of New York National Guardsmen, liberated 29 other hostages, 25 of whom were injured. 1971 September 14, “37 Prisoners, Guards Die As Troopers Storm Prison”, in The Charlotte Observer, 86th year, number 173, page 1A:
   • At a timed signal the shelling ceased and the ghostly line of gas-masked Germans sprang forward, firing, lunging and tearing at the parapets on the outer edge of the cemetery. 1915 July 13, “Germans Win Bitter Fight Near Souchez”, in The Commercial Appeal, volume XCIV, number 13, Memphis, Tenn., page 3:
   • The Sanctuary of the Maibaum screenplay was located in Pittsburgh, where gas-masked children play hopscotch and runners survive under barely liveable conditions. 1976 fall, “Production: Interviews with George Pal, Saul David, Michael Anderson, Dale Henessy and L. B. Abbott”, in Cinefantastique, volume 5, number 2, page 16:

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