poison gas
noun
: a poisonous gas or a liquid or a solid giving off poisonous vapors designed (as in chemical warfare) to kill, injure, or disable by inhalation or contact
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In the interest of science, Expendables are exposed to various lethal threats, poison gas or radiation, etc.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Indicative of the public’s wariness about military ventures abroad was its response to bipartisan support in Congress in 2013 for the punitive bombing of Syria after the ruling regime of Bashar al-Assad was deemed to have carried out a poison gas attack on civilians.
—John Mueller, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2021
Countries agreed to stop using really dangerous weapons such as poison gas, for example.
—Hurst Hannum, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
Assad’s defeat ended the reign of a leader who used poison gas and barrel bombs to kill thousands of his own citizens, plunging his country into 13 years of civil war, and dealt a blow to Russia and Iran’s territorial ambitions.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Indicative of the public’s wariness about military ventures abroad was its response to bipartisan support in Congress in 2013 for the punitive bombing of Syria after the ruling regime of Bashar al-Assad was deemed to have carried out a poison gas attack on civilians.
—John Mueller, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2021
Countries agreed to stop using really dangerous weapons such as poison gas, for example.
—Hurst Hannum, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
Assad’s defeat ended the reign of a leader who used poison gas and barrel bombs to kill thousands of his own citizens, plunging his country into 13 years of civil war, and dealt a blow to Russia and Iran’s territorial ambitions.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Poison gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poison%20gas. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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