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Meanings of yperite in английском

A gas that causes large blisters on the skin and was used in warfare.

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        Examples for "mustard gas"
        Examples for "mustard gas"
        1
        He also suffered from emphysema caused by the mustard gas, he added.
        Reuters
        2
        These in turn were used to make mustard gas and nerve agents.
        The Guardian
        3
        It's also a precursor chemical for the blistering weapon nitrogen mustard gas.
        Wired
        4
        These conditions were again approached in the first German use of mustard gas.
        The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
        5
        The fetlocks are bandaged with special oil-skin to protect them from mustard gas'.
        The Guardian
        Usage of yperite in английском
        1
        Without disparaging our own efforts, we must pay a tribute to the achievement of the French yperite producing and filling factories.
        The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
        2
        We saw the minister visiting a factory and pinning the Legion of Honour on to the breast of a worker blinded by yperite.
        The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
        3
        Yperite, French Mustard Gas.-Duringthis period the volume of allied gas activities also increased considerably.
        The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
        4
        The French termed mustard gas "Yperite" after Ypres, the place where it was first used.
        The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
        5
        As far as such terms can be applied to any weapon, Yperite arrived to spread panic, and terror amongst the German formations.
        The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
        Yperite through the time