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asphyxiant, a. and n.|æsˈfɪksɪənt|
[f. asphyxia + -ant.]
A. adj. Causing asphyxia.
B. n. Any chemical substance that causes asphyxia.
1854Englishwoman in Russia 302 Long-range guns and asphyxiant balls. 1888Chambers's Encycl. I. 501 The term asphyxiants is applied to any gases having a suffocating..effect on the human system. 192119th Cent. July 34 If in the Great War we had refused to use asphyxiant gas. |