poison gas
noun
: a poisonous gas or a liquid or a solid giving off poisonous vapors designed (as in chemical warfare) to kill, injure, or disable by inhalation or contact
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Countries agreed to stop using really dangerous weapons such as poison gas, for example.
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Hurst Hannum, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
Assad’s defeat ended the reign of a leader who used poison gas and barrel bombs to kill thousands of his own citizens, plunging his country into 13 years of civil war, and dealt a blow to Russia and Iran’s territorial ambitions.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
The photos are a stark contrast to the ones on news channels that showed Syrian children lying dead in the streets after choking on poison gas that the U.S. and its allies said was unleashed by her dictator husband.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
Infamously, Assad used poison gas against his own people and then lied about it.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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Hurst Hannum, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
Assad’s defeat ended the reign of a leader who used poison gas and barrel bombs to kill thousands of his own citizens, plunging his country into 13 years of civil war, and dealt a blow to Russia and Iran’s territorial ambitions.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
The photos are a stark contrast to the ones on news channels that showed Syrian children lying dead in the streets after choking on poison gas that the U.S. and its allies said was unleashed by her dictator husband.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
Infamously, Assad used poison gas against his own people and then lied about it.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Poison gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poison%20gas. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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