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poison gases

poison gases is the plural of poison gas.

Meaning of poison gas

Noun

poison gas (countable and uncountable, plural poison gases or poison gasses)

  1. A poisonous gas.
    1. Any poisonous gas used as a chemical weapon.
      • [...] approximately 23,000 members of the L.M.S.R. staff were trained in methods approved by the Home Office for dealing with the consequences of an air raid, including the effects of poison gas and incendiary bombs.1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War — I”, in Railway Magazine, page 315

Questions about poison gases

What is poison gases the plural of?
Poison gases is the plural of poison gas.

Words near poison gases in the dictionary

  1. poison dart frog
  2. poison dart frogs
  3. poison dart plant
  4. poison dogwood
  5. poison gas
  6. poison gases
  7. poison gasses
  8. poison gland
  9. poison glands
  10. poison hemlock
  11. poison hemlocks

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