: an irritant vesicant oily liquid C4H8Cl2S used especially as a chemical weapon
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In response, the German Army developed deadly chlorine and mustard gases.—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2025 Within his first year at the front, Malaparte was exposed to mustard gas, leaving a pulmonary lesion that, nearly forty years later, contributed to his death.—Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025 Iraqi aircraft dropped mustard gas on the Iranian city of Sardasht in the West Azerbaijan province on June 28, 1987, killing 130 people and injuring around 8,000.—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025 The chemicals, including sarin, mustard gas and chlorine gas, represent a major test for Syria’s caretaker government.—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mustard gas
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