blister gas

American

noun

Chemical Warfare.

a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.

Etymology

Origin of blister gas

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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The Government, seriously thinking that the enemy might use gas in his assault on the British Isles, initiated a series of test gas attacks, warned citizens to keep their masks about them, reminded them that the yellow signboards all over the countryside would turn red if blister gas touched them, issued instructions for making rooms relatively gasproof with sticky tape and rubber stripping.

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