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MUSTARD AGENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mustard agent" 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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