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mustard gas
an oily, volatile liquid, (CHClCH)S, used in warfare as a poison gas because of its extremely irritating, blistering, and disabling effects
Etymology: from its odor, like that of ground mustard
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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