mustard gas
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | Date: 2008
mus·tard gas
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n.
a colorless oily liquid ((ClCH2CH2)2S) whose vapor is a powerful irritant and vesicant, used in chemical weapons.
© The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2008, originally published by Oxford University Press 2008.
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