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gas mask n
(Military) a mask fitted with a chemical filter to enable the wearer to breathe air free of poisonous or corrosive gases: used for military or industrial purposes Also called (in Britain) respirator How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``They had to wear gas masks because of the poison gas and every soldier needed the peach pits to put inside the mask to filter out the nerve-damaging elements,'' he said. This lively memoir, laced with the philosophical quotations that helped Joel make sense of what he was experiencing, is full of the images of modern warfare: ALICE packs and H harnesses, first-aid kits, M16 rifles, MREs, SCUD alarms, flak jackets, gas masks and nerve gas pills, helmets, convoys, and "bullets, artillery, and death. war upon Iraq could encourage Saddam Hussain to fire rockets bearing chemical weapons at Israel led its government to distribute gas masks to citizens and put the country on an alert. |
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