A gas that causes large blisters on the skin and was used in warfare.
1 Without disparaging our own efforts, we must pay a tribute to the achievement of the French yperite producing and filling factories.
2 We saw the minister visiting a factory and pinning the Legion of Honour on to the breast of a worker blinded by yperite .
3 Yperite , French Mustard Gas.-Duringthis period the volume of allied gas activities also increased considerably.
4 The French termed mustard gas " Yperite " after Ypres, the place where it was first used.
5 As far as such terms can be applied to any weapon, Yperite arrived to spread panic, and terror amongst the German formations.
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