单词 | asphyxiant |
释义 | asphyxiantadj.n. A. adj. Causing asphyxia. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > smothering or smothered smotheringa1200 smothery1603 smoring1642 asphyxiant1854 asphyxiating1859 1854 Englishwoman in Russia 302 Long-range guns and asphyxiant balls. 1921 19th Cent. July 34 If in the Great War we had refused to use asphyxiant gas. B. n. Any chemical substance that causes asphyxia. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > other poisonous substances hebenonc1592 yellow rain1755 asphyxiant1888 syntoxoid1901 1888 Chambers's Encycl. I. 501 The term asphyxiants is applied to any gases having a suffocating..effect on the human system. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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