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PRONUNCIATION OF POISON GAS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POISON GAS

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Poison gas is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POISON GAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

poison gas

Chemical warfare

Chemical warfare involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. This type of warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare and biological warfare, which together make up NBC, the military acronym for nuclear, biological, and chemical, all of which are considered "weapons of mass destruction". None of these fall under the term conventional weapons which are primarily effective due to their destructive potential. With proper protective equipment, training, and decontamination measures, the primary effects of chemical weapons can be overcome. Many nations possess vast stockpiles of weaponized agents in preparation for wartime use. The threat and the perceived threat have become strategic tools in planning both measures and counter-measures.

Definition of poison gas in the English dictionary

The definition of poison gas in the dictionary is a gaseous substance, such as chlorine, phosgene, or lewisite, used in warfare to kill or harm.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POISON GAS

poiser
poisha
poison
poison dogwood
poison elder
poison fang
poison gland
poison hemlock
poison ivy
poison oak
poison pill
poison sumach
poison-pen letter
poisonable
poisoner
poisoning
poisonous
poisonously
poisonousness
poisonwood

WORDS THAT END LIKE POISON GAS

air gas
carbonic-acid gas
flue gas
greenhouse gas
inert gas
laughing gas
liquefied natural gas
liquefied petroleum gas
mustard gas
natural gas
nerve gas
nitrogen gas
noble gas
propane gas
shale gas
step on the gas
synthesis gas
tear gas
town gas
water gas

Synonyms and antonyms of poison gas in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «poison gas» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POISON GAS

Find out the translation of poison gas to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of poison 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 «poison gas» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

毒气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gas venenoso
570 millions of speakers

English

poison gas
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जहर गैस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغاز السام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отравляющий газ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gás venenoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিষাক্ত গ্যাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gaz toxique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gas racun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Giftgas
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

毒ガス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

독가스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gas racun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hơi độc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விஷ வாயு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विष गॅस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zehirli gaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gas asfissianti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trujący gaz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

отруйний газ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gaz otravitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δηλητηριώδη αέρια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gifgas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

giftgas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

giftgass
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of poison gas

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POISON GAS»

The term «poison gas» is normally little used and occupies the 109.893 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POISON GAS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «poison gas» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «poison gas» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POISON GAS»

Discover the use of poison gas in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to poison gas and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Poison Gas: The Myths Versus Reality
Chapter. 8. Advantages. and. Disadvantages. of. Gas. in. War. When examining the pros and cons of the use of any weapon in war, one must consider its effectiveness in accomplishing the objectives of its user. Even this is relative.
James W. Hammond, 1999
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A Strange and Formidable Weapon: British Responses to World ...
Through cartoons, military records, novels, treaties, and other sources, Marion Girard examines the varied ways different sectors of British society viewed chemical warfare, from the industrialists who promoted their toxic weapons while ...
Marion Girard, 2008
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
IN MAY 1918, AS GAS warfare was being waged in Europe, the Japanese military set up a provisional committee of some 30 specialists under the authority of the Imperial Army to examine various poison gas weapons and their methods of ...
4
Nazi Mass Murder: A Documentary History of the Use of Poison Gas
Index.
Eugen Kogon, Hermann Langbein, Adalbert Rückerl, 1993
5
World War I: A Student Encyclopedia
While the Entente armies suffered more from gas between 1915 and 1918 than did the Central Powers, if the war had gone on for another year German soldiers would have undergone terrible privations from poison gas, especially since the ...
Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts, 2005
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Weapons of World War I
POISON. GAS. WHEN THE ARMIES of World War I found themselves stuck in the trenches of the Western Front, they tried desperately to come up with new ways of fighting to break the deadlock. One of these was the use of poison gas.
John Hamilton, 2010
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Popular Science
Few doubt that poison gas will play a major role in the dreaded "next world war." What will happen then? Will whole cities, teeming populations, be wiped out in an instant by noxious fumes ? Are nations secretly guarding poison gases more ...
8
The New Terrorism : Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass ...
The idea of using poison gas against one's enemies occurred first to the Fenians in the 1870s, who intended to spray it in the House of Commons in London. There seem to have been similar plans during the Boer War and the Japanese war ...
International Research Council The Center for Strategic and International Studies Walter Laqueur Co-Chairman, Washington D.C., 1999
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Science in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia
Chemical weapons, specifically poison gas, were the first to be recognized internationally as special kinds of weapons needing special rules. Poison gas was developed and used by both belligerent sides during World War I, and the image of ...
Jacob Darwin Hamblin, 2005
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
Notb 1: For cars requiring the poison gas placard, see S 174.542. § 174.541 " Dangerous" placards; "Dan- porous — Radioactive material" placards; or " Caution — Residual phosphorus" placards. (a) "Dangerous" placard, as prescribed by ...
National Archives and Records Administration Staff, Office of the Federal Register (U S ), 1975

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POISON GAS»

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1
The West's Failure to Act Has Deepened Syria's Civil War Agony
... including with indiscriminate weapons such as barrel bombs and poison gas. You cannot predict the ultimate consequences of intervention, ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
2
China Seeks Cure for 'Urban Ills' of Crowded Beijing
In February 2014, a Tongzhou resident told Radio Free Asia that the smog outside his home was "like living in the middle of poison gas" and ... «Radio Free Asia, Jul 15»
3
The sources of appeasement
... including the aerial bombardment of population centers with poison gas, that civilization itself would be imperiled (as Stanley Baldwin put it, ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
4
Morning 5: Harry Truman
2) During World War I, Truman was the captain of a field artillery unit that fired poison gas against the Germans in 1918. 3) As a newly elected ... «Waterbury Republican American, Jul 15»
5
Gas-proof dog kennels and bomb disposal hammers: bizarre …
This green-yellow paint would turn red in the presence of poison gas. It was painted on letter boxes, wall panels at aircraft observation posts, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Iran Nuclear Deal: Mike Huckabee Uses Holocaust To Decry …
... use of gas chambers during World War II, during which the Nazi party killed millions of European Jews by forcing them to inhale poison gas. «International Business Times, Jul 15»
7
July 27: Fighting the deal
... given the German chemical firm BASF's history during World War II (when it was part of IG Farben, which manufactured the poison gas Zyklon ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
8
Bay City at 150: Rise of shipbuilding, WWI, influenza pandemic …
The newspapers in Bay City were filled with war stories, including military reports that poison gas was now a weapon of choice in some ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
9
Kurds and others protest against Turkey in Washington
Williams, who is working on a book on Halabja, said there is a lack of attention toward the 1988 poison gas attack on Halabja, She said her ... «Rudaw, Jul 15»
10
TILLY'S THOUGHTS: US involvement in Cuba and Iran
... which hardened Iran's hatred of the U.S. We even helped Sadam Hussein import poison gas components, which were used to kill thousands ... «Weatherford Democrat, Jul 15»

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