gas-masked
gas-masked adjective: wearing a gas mask.
Adjective
gas-masked (not comparable)
- Wearing a gas mask.
- At a timed signal the shelling ceased and the ghostly line of gas-masked Germans sprang forward, firing, lunging and tearing at the parapets on the outer edge of the cemetery.1915 July 13, “Germans Win Bitter Fight Near Souchez”, in The Commercial Appeal, volume XCIV, number 13, Memphis, Tenn., page 3
- A task force of 1,000 gas-masked, ready-to-shoot state troopers and sheriff’s deputies, backed in reserve by 70 truckloads of New York National Guardsmen, liberated 29 other hostages, 25 of whom were injured.1971 September 14, “37 Prisoners, Guards Die As Troopers Storm Prison”, in The Charlotte Observer, 86th year, number 173, page 1A
Forms of gas-masked
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Origin of gas-masked
From gas mask + -ed.
Questions about gas-masked
- What does gas-masked mean?
- Gas-masked means wearing a gas mask.
- What part of speech is gas-masked?
- Gas-masked is an adjective.
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