poison gas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of poison gas
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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In Ankara, Siegfried became co-director of a gas mask factory, a joint Turkish-German enterprise next door to a poison gas laboratory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025
Traces of the World War One poison gas phosgene were detected in an incident at Sweden's security service HQ last Friday, official documents suggest.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
It concludes with a stanza describing the death of a fellow soldier following a poison gas attack:
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2023
A few paragraphs later, though, he concedes that “some are noxious,” listing slavery and poison gas as examples.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2022
It filled the hall like a poison gas.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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