poison (poisonous) gas (substance)

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• poison — poisoner, n. poisonless, adj. poisonlessness, n. /poy zeuhn/, n. 1. a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health. 2. something harmful or pernicious, as to happiness or well being: the poison of slander. 3.… …   Universalium

• Poison — This article is about the type of substance. For other uses, see Poison (disambiguation). The EU s standard toxic symbol, as defined by Directive 67/548/EEC. The skull and crossbones has long been a standard symbol for poison. In the context of… …   Wikipedia

• gas — n. & v. n. (pl. gases) 1 any airlike substance which moves freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity. 2 a such a substance (esp. found naturally or extracted from coal) used as a domestic or industrial fuel (also attrib. :… …   Useful english dictionary

• poison — n Poison, venom, virus, toxin, bane mean matter or a substance that when present in an organism or intro duced into it produces an injurious or deadly effect. Poison is the most inclusive of these words and is applicable to any deadly or noxious… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• gas — gas1 W2S1 [gæs] n plural gases or gasses [Sense: 1 3, 6 9; Date: 1600 1700; : Modern Latin; Origin: Greek khaos empty space ; CHAOS] [Sense: 4 5; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: gasoline] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• poison — n. & v. n. 1 a substance that when introduced into or absorbed by a living organism causes death or injury, esp. one that kills by rapid action even in a small quantity. 2 colloq. a harmful influence or principle etc. 3 Physics & Chem. a… …   Useful english dictionary

• poison — {{11}}poison (n.) c.1200, a deadly potion or substance, also figuratively, from O.Fr. puison (12c.) a drink, later a potion, poisonous drink (14c.), from L. potionem (nom. potio) a drink, also poisonous drink, from potare to drink (see POTION (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

• poison — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. venom, toxicity, virus, bane. v. t. corrupt, defile; intoxicate, drug, envenom; kill, murder. See deterioration, killing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. virus, bane, toxin, infection, germ, bacteria, oil,… …   English dictionary for students

• gas — I. noun (plural gases; also gasses) Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Latin chaos space, chaos Date: 1779 1. a fluid (as air) that has neither independent shape nor volume but tends to expand indefinitely 2. a. a combustible gas or gaseous… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Halabja poison gas attack — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Halabja poison gas attack partof=Iran Iraq War Operation Zafar 7 caption=Aftermath of the Halabja chemical attack date=March 16 1988 place=coord|35|11|N|45|59|E|display=inline,title|name=Halabja Poison Gas… …   Wikipedia

• Chemical warfare — For other uses, see Chemical warfare (disambiguation). This article forms part of the series Chemical agents Lethal agents Blood agents Cyanogen chloride (CK) …   Wikipedia