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Mustard gas   /mˈəstərd gæs/   Listen
Mustard gas

noun
1.
A toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote.  Synonyms: blistering agent, dichloroethyl sulfide, mustard agent, sulfur mustard.





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"Mustard gas" Quotes from Famous Books



... us an army engineer blew up the post and telegraph office, the military buildings, the station, the store house, and finally the bridge. Our eyes were beginning to smart terribly, which announced the presence of mustard gas, and told us we had left ...
— With Those Who Wait • Frances Wilson Huard


Words linked to "Mustard gas" :   dichloroethyl sulfide, vesicatory, poison gas, vesicant


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