Meanings
nounpoison gas (countable and uncountable, plural poison gases or poison gasses)
plural poison gases · plural poison gasses
- countableuncountablegovernmentAny 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
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 毒氣 /毒气
- 毒氣 /毒气 (dúqì)gas used as a weapon
Danish giftgas, krigsgas
- giftgasgas used as a weapon
- krigsgasgas used as a weapon
Finnish myrkkykaasu
- myrkkykaasugas used as a weapon
German Giftgas
- Giftgasgas used as a weapon
Italian gas tossico, gas velenoso
- gas tossicogas used as a weapon
- gas velenosogas used as a weapon
Japanese 毒ガス
- 毒ガス (dokugasu)gas used as a weapon
Korean 독가스
- 독가스 (dokgaseu)gas used as a weapon
Russian ядови́тый газ
- ядови́тый газ (jadovítyj gaz)gas used as a weapon
Turkish zehirli gaz
- zehirli gazgas used as a weapon
Cite this entry
APA
poison gas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poison%20gas
MLA
“poison gas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poison%20gas. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poison gas,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poison%20gas.
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