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Meanings of vesicatory in English

Causing blisters.

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Examples for "vesicant"
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The vesicant action of mustard gas produced huge casualties with relatively little permanent harm.
The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
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Reduction having been affected, the application of a vesicant over the whole patellar region is customary.
Lameness of the Horse / Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
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The combination of the vesicant and persistent properties of mustard gas rendered it a powerful military factor.
The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
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Even those who wore the mask were attacked by the vesicant or blistering influence of the gas.
The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
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The French Physiological Classification;-AsphyxiatingSubstances;-Toxic Substances;-Chemicals or poison gases were either asphyxiating, toxic, lachrymatory, vesicant, or sternutatory.
The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
Usage of vesicatory in English
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Mamma, mamma-such a treat-papahas promised us a vesicatory for to-night!'
Willis the Pilot : A Sequel to the Swiss Family Robinson / Or, A...
Vesicatory through the time