SULFUR MUSTARD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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; mustard gas; sulfur mustard

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("sulfur mustard" is a kind of...):

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

vesicant; vesicatory (a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas))

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