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poison gas en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A poisonous gas.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A poisonous gas. ▸ Any poisonous gas used as a chemical weapon.
    • [...] approximately 23,000 members of the L.M.S.R. staff were trained in methods approved by the Home Office for dealing with the consequences of an air raid, including the effects of poison gas and incendiary bombs. 1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War — I”, in Railway Magazine, page 315:

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poison gasses Number=Plur lexicographic
poison gases Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (11)

da krigsgas (gas used as a weapon) · ja 毒ガス (gas used as a weapon) · it gas velenoso (gas used as a weapon) · da giftgas (gas used as a weapon) · de Giftgas (gas used as a weapon) · ru ядови́тый газ (gas used as a weapon) · fi myrkkykaasu (gas used as a weapon) · ko 독가스 (gas used as a weapon) · tr zehirli gaz (gas used as a weapon) · it gas tossico (gas used as a weapon) · cmn 毒氣 /毒气 (gas used as a weapon)