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Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.'
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Meaning of "mustard gas" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MUSTARD GAS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUSTARD GAS

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Mustard gas is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MUSTARD GAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mustard gas

Sulfur mustard

The sulfur mustards, or sulphur mustards, commonly known as mustard gas, are a class of related cytotoxic and vesicant chemical warfare agents with the ability to form large blisters on the exposed skin and in the lungs. Pure sulfur mustards are colorless, viscous liquids at room temperature. When used in impure form, such as warfare agents, they are usually yellow-brown in color and have an odor resembling mustard plants, garlic, or horseradish, hence the name. Mustard gas was originally assigned the name LOST, after the scientists Wilhelm Lommel and Wilhelm Steinkopf, who developed a method for the large-scale production of mustard gas for the Imperial German Army in 1916. Mustard agents are regulated under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. Three classes of chemicals are monitored under this Convention, with sulfur and nitrogen mustard grouped in Schedule 1, as substances with no use other than in chemical warfare. Mustard agents could be deployed on the battlefield by means of artillery shells, aerial bombs, rockets, or by spraying from warplanes.

Definition of mustard gas in the English dictionary

The definition of mustard gas in the dictionary is an oily liquid vesicant compound used in chemical warfare. Its vapour causes blindness and burns. Formula: 2S.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUSTARD GAS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MUSTARD GAS

air gas
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greenhouse gas
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liquefied natural gas
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Synonyms and antonyms of mustard gas in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mustard gas» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUSTARD GAS

Find out the translation of mustard gas to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mustard gas from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mustard gas» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

芥子气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gas mostaza
570 millions of speakers

English

mustard gas
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सरसों गैस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غاز الخردل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

горчичный газ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gás mostarda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সরিষা গ্যাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gaz moutarde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gas mustard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Senfgas
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マスタードガス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

겨자 가스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gas mustard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khí mù tạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடுகு வாயு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोहरी वायू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hardal gazı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

iprite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

iperyt
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гірчичний газ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gaz muștar
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αέριο μουστάρδας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mosterdgas
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

senapsgas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sennepsgass
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mustard gas

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Woody Harrelson
Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUSTARD GAS»

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Veterans at Risk: The Health Effects of Mustard Gas and Lewisite
This new volume discusses in detail the development and chemistry of mustard agents and Lewisite followed by interesting and informative discussions about these substances and their possible connection to a range of health problems, from ...
Constance M. Pechura, David P. Rall, 1993
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Medical Defense Against Mustard Gas: Toxic Mechanisms and ...
This book provides a comprehensive review and analysis of the acute toxic effects of sulfur mustard (mustard gas); the injuries that this compound produces in skin, eye, airway, and other tissues; and possibilities for the prevention of ...
Alan J. Feister, 1991
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Trench Knives and Mustard Gas: With the 42nd Rainbow ...
"Thompson takes the reader on a journey with the 168th regiment of the 42nd Rainbow Division through the villages, towns, battlefields, and hospitals of France.
Hugh S. Thompson, Robert H. Ferrell, 2004
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) says it is ready to make compensation easier to get for the U.S. servicemen who served as human guinea pigs for mustard gas testing during World War II. However, a continuing fog of military ...
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Trench Knives and Mustard Gas: With the 42nd Rainbow ...
With the 42nd Rainbow Division in France Hugh S. Thompson Robert H. Ferrell. hospital via Neufchateau and along the Meuse. War meant nothing, if not separation, I thought, when we said good-bye in front of the familiar wooden barracks at ...
Hugh S. Thompson, Robert H. Ferrell, 2004
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Organic Chemistry
An example of a mustard gas is bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide, a poison gas used extensively in World War I and at one time, at least, manufactured by Iraq. This compound is a deadly vesicant (blistering agent) and quickly causes conjunctivitis and ...
William Brown, Christopher Foote, Brent Iverson, 2008
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Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils
These facts make it reasonable to propose the probability of mustard gas biodestruction. To develop a scientifically valid method of rehabilitating ecosystems suffering from mustard gas pollution it was necessary to evaluate the ability of the ...
Donald L. Wise, 2000
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Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicology and Treatment
Health Protection Agency, Chilton, UK 'Mustard gas' is a misnomer. The compound usually referred to as mustard gas is sulphur mustard: a liquid which boils at 2 1 7°C. Both liquid sulphur mustard and the vapour given off are vesicant, i.e. ...
Dr Timothy T. Marrs, Robert L. Maynard, Frederick Sidell, 2007
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New Scientist
They revealed for the first time that much of Britain's stock of mustard gas and other chemical weapons was disposed of on land, by burning or chemical neutralisation. All previous statements had suggested that the weapons were dumped at ...
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
U.S. aircraft, B-24 Liberators, drop bombs filled with mustard gas on Brook Island, near Innisfail in the state of Queensland. Ten minutes later, Mitchell was rushing around the island to tend sampling equipment. But a few hours later, he and ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUSTARD GAS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mustard gas is used in the context of the following news items.
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Remains of Holocaust experiment victims found at French forensic …
... which included freezing “to test human resistance to extremely low temperatures,” mustard gas, malaria, epidemic jaundice, poisons as well ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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'Old' Testament of Youth is New Again
... could see a case—to say nothing of ten cases—of mustard gas in its early stages—could see the poor things burnt and blistered all over with ... «Boise Weekly, Jul 15»
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DEADLY EFFECT OF MUSTARD GAS IN WARTIME AUSTRALIA BROUGHT TO LIGHT IN DEATH BY MUSTARD GAS. A J Swane and Co ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
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ISIS targets civilians with chemical weapon attack in Iraq and Syria
The attacks hark back to the days of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who used mustard gas and nerve agents against Kurds in the ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Don't share secrets online. You will be hacked.
It's like occasionally lowering the window and sniffing the mustard gas. Hackers keep getting stronger weapons. Today's armor just won't ... «CNN, Jul 15»
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Sharks? World War II bombs also are a beach peril
According to Bryant and Slowey, thousands of containers of mustard gas lie off New Jersey and other areas of the East Coast in addition to the ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
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All stories are important for reasons that reporters aren't always …
I can't recall the name of the Dough Boy I interviewed back then, but I can remember asking him about the trenches, mustard gas and riding ... «Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Hezbollah Distributing Gas Masks to Fighters at Syrian Front
... one thousand cubic tons worth of material used for manufacturing chemical weapons and about 20,000 cubic tons of mustard gas.”. «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
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Inside Albanias Secret Nuclear Bunkers
A few years later, Albania discovered some 16 tons of mustard gas forgotten in a bunker. A man walks along Albania's biggest Durres beach ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
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Can The Agent Orange Act Help Veterans Exposed To Mustard Gas?
To understand the predicament of World War II veterans exposed to mustard gas, take a look at what happened to another set of American ... «WCAI, Jul 15»

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