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sul·fur mus·tard

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mustard gas, mustard agent, blistering agent, dichloroethyl sulfide, sulfur mustardnoun

    a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote

Wiktionary

  1. sulfur mustardnoun

    a class of chlorinated alkyl mercaptans, used in chemical warfare as vesicants

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  1. sulfur mustard

    Sulfur mustard, also known as mustard gas, is a type of chemical warfare agent that is colorless in its pure form but usually appears as a yellow-brown substance with a slight, garlic or mustard-like odor. It is not naturally occurring and must be manufactured in a lab. It was first used as a weapon during World War I. Exposure to sulfur mustard can damage skin, eyes, and lungs, causing blistering, blindness, and serious respiratory issues. It can also suppress the immune system and cause genetic mutations leading to long-term health effects like cancer.

Wikidata

  1. Sulfur mustard

    The sulfur mustards, or sulphur mustards, commonly known as mustard gas, are a class of related cytotoxic and vesicant chemical warfare agents with the ability to form large blisters on the exposed skin and in the lungs. Pure sulfur mustards are colorless, viscous liquids at room temperature. When used in impure form, such as warfare agents, they are usually yellow-brown in color and have an odor resembling mustard plants, garlic, or horseradish, hence the name. Mustard gas was originally assigned the name LOST, after the scientists Wilhelm Lommel and Wilhelm Steinkopf, who developed a method for the large-scale production of mustard gas for the Imperial German Army in 1916. Mustard agents are regulated under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. Three classes of chemicals are monitored under this Convention, with sulfur and nitrogen mustard grouped in Schedule 1, as substances with no use other than in chemical warfare. Mustard agents could be deployed on the battlefield by means of artillery shells, aerial bombs, rockets, or by spraying from warplanes.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sulfur mustard in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sulfur mustard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of sulfur mustard in a Sentence

  1. National Intelligence James Clapper:

    [The Syrian government] has used chemicals against the opposition on multiple occasions since Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention. ISIL has also used toxic chemicals in Iraq andSyria, including the blister agent Sulfur mustard.

  2. National Intelligence James Clapper:

    Chemical weapons continue to pose a threat in Syria and Iraq, iSIL has also used toxic chemicals in Iraq and Syria, including the blister agent Sulfur Mustard. ( It's) the first time an extremist group has produced and used a chemical warfare agent in an attack since Aum Shinrikyo used sarin in Japan in 1995.

  3. Kevin Killea:

    We were able to take the fragments from some of those mortar rounds and do a field test... on those fragments, and they showed the presence of HD, or what is known as sulfur mustard.

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