poison gas

Noun

Meaning

a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

gas agent ammonia poison arsenic mustard gas carbon dioxide tear gas nerve gas marsh gas asphyxiant Arizona perfume swamp gas bacterial warfare agent poisonous gas
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Antonyms

cure remedy antidote mithridate theriac antitoxin
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Hypernyms

gas chemical weapon

Hyponyms

mustard gas sulfur mustard nerve gas nerve agent dichloroethyl sulfide blistering agent

Examples

I support freedom of expression, no matter whose, so I oppose DDoS attacks regardless of their target... they're the poison gas of cyberspace. John Perry Barlow

Afterward Larry felt as if he had been through a long pillow-fight in which all the pillows had been treated with a low-grade poison gas. Stephen King

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. Winston Churchill

You know we have this new poison gas - I've heard about it. The Fuehrer must do it. He must use it. Now he has to do it! Robert Ley

Pogroms are as old as Christendom; but without railways, the telegraph and poison gas there could have been no Holocaust. There have always been tyrannies; but without modern means of transport and communication, Stalin and Mao could not have built their gulags. John N. Gray

A general concern over the use of poison gas manifested itself in 1899 at the Hague Conference with a proposal prohibiting shells filled with asphyxiating gas. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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