poison gas
毒气,毒剂,剧毒气体,中毒气体
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- : any of various toxic gases, especially those used in chemical warfare to kill or incapacitate on inhalation or contact, as phosgene, chlorine, etc.
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Guards subjected torture victims to electric shocks, doused them with poison gas and burned them.
Because the decay will trigger the opening of the vial of poison gas and hence the death of the cat, the cat’s life or death is also a purely chance event.
Leapolitan responded by saying, “hopefully youll [sic] bite into a poison apple.”
Security officials told Agence France-Presse that the gas station manager said he had recognized the two men.
Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.
Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
On top of oil, the United States produces significantly more natural gas than Saudi Arabia.
The tobacco plant, as is well known, produces a virulent poison known as Nicotine.
For comparison, the gas may be passed through a test-tube containing an equal amount of distilled water.
It is allowed to cool, and hydrogen sulphid gas is passed through it for about five minutes.
They affirmed it was an antidote to all poison; that it expelled rheums, sour humours, and obstructions of all kinds.
He lived in a perpetual fear and danger of discovery; and discovery now was but another name, for poison—prison—death.