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sulfur mustard
(redirected from Yperite)

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Noun1.sulfur mustard - a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungssulfur mustard - a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
blistering agent, dichloroethyl sulfide, mustard agent, mustard gas
poison gas - a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare
vesicant, vesicatory - a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
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