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VESICANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
Synonyms:
vesicant; vesicatory
Classified under:
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 blisters
Synonyms:
vesicant; vesicatory
Classified under:
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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