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    VESICANT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)play

    Synonyms:

    vesicant; vesicatory

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("vesicant" is a kind of...):

    chemical agent (an agent that produces chemical reactions)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vesicant"):

    blistering agent; dichloroethyl sulfide; mustard agent; mustard gas; sulfur mustard (a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote)

    Derivation:

    vesicant (causing blisters)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Causing blistersplay

    Synonyms:

    vesicant; vesicatory

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    noxious (injurious to physical or mental health)

    Derivation:

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

    vesicate (get blistered)

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