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VESICANT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)

Synonyms:

vesicant; vesicatory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("vesicant" is a kind of...):

chemical agent (an agent that produces chemical reactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vesicant"):

blistering agent; dichloroethyl sulfide; mustard agent; mustard gas; sulfur mustard (a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote)

Derivation:

vesicant (causing blisters)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Causing blisters

Synonyms:

vesicant; vesicatory

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

noxious (injurious to physical or mental health)

Derivation:

vesicant (a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas))

vesicate (get blistered)

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