"poison gas" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: poison gases [plural], poison gasses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|+|poison gasses}} poison gas (countable and uncountable, plural poison gases or poison gasses)
  1. A poisonous gas. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-poison_gas-en-noun-GkfHgBEt
  2. A poisonous gas.
    (military) Any poisonous gas used as a chemical weapon.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military Translations (gas used as a weapon): 毒氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 毒气 (dúqì) (Chinese Mandarin), giftgas [common-gender] (Danish), krigsgas [common-gender] (Danish), myrkkykaasu (Finnish), Giftgas [neuter] (German), gas tossico [masculine] (Italian), gas velenoso [masculine] (Italian), 毒ガス (dokugasu) (Japanese), 독가스 (dokgaseu) (Korean), ядови́тый газ (jadovítyj gaz) (Russian), zehirli gaz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-poison_gas-en-noun-JPh4s9a3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'gas used as a weapon': 23 77

Inflected forms

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      "word": "毒ガス"
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