lewisite
a pale yellow, odorless compound, C2H2AsCl3, used as a blister gas in World War I.
Origin of lewisite
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How to use lewisite in a sentence
It contains a specimen of the deadliest poison ever known, 'lewisite,' the product of an American scientist.
The Slayer Of souls | Robert ChambersThat fellow would get us with his lewisite gas before we could discover and destroy him.
The Slayer Of souls | Robert Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for lewisite
/ (ˈluːɪˌsaɪt) /
a colourless oily poisonous liquid with an odour resembling that of geraniums, having a powerful vesicant action and used as a war gas; 1-chloro-2-dichloroarsinoethene. Formula: ClCH:CHAsCl 2
Origin of lewisite
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