hazmat suit en · NOUN
Meanings
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(US) An impermeable suit covering the entire body to protect from biological or chemical hazards.
[…] put on your face mask, douse your entire body with hand sanitizer and then — to be safe — don a hazmat suit
2020 December, Dave Barry, Year in review:Boatload after boatload of blue plasticky figures appeared, to be loaded on to coaches by health workers in hazmat suits and face masks.
2026 May 11, Robyn Vinter, “‘It was either this or the pool’: hantavirus ship becomes latest Tenerife tourist attraction”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Los Angeles is under permanent lockdown, and daily health checks are mandatory, the sick carted off to the ominous Q-Zone by armed sanitation workers in yellow hazmat suits.
2020 December 10, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The first movie inspired by the pandemic is here, and it sucks”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2020:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hazmat suits | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
suit up · mask up · HM/DG · suit of armour
Translations (9)
cmn 防護衣 /防护衣 (suit) · pl kombinezon ochronny (suit) · ja 化学防護服 (suit) · cmn 防護服 /防护服 (suit) · sv skyddsdräkt (suit) · fi suojapuku (suit) · de Chemikalienschutzanzug (suit) · fi suojavaate (suit) · es traje contra materiales azarosos (suit)