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单词 asphyxiant
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asphyxiantadj.n.

/asˈfɪksɪənt/
Etymology: < asphyxia n. + -ant suffix1.
A. adj.
Causing asphyxia.
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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.
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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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