gas mask

noun

1. a masklike device containing or attached to a component that filters the air inhaled by the wearer through charcoal and chemicals, for protecting the face and lungs against noxious gases and fumes, as in warfare or in certain industrial processes.

gas mask

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gas mask¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Later, she takes revenge on her entire clan — whom she considers complicit in keeping her committed at Arkham — by gassing them, strutting around her family’s mansion in a yellow gown and a gas mask.

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Her husband instructed her to get their gas mask.

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As Maggie and James navigate a troubled patch in their marriage, they must confront a bigger danger to their family when Arlo goes missing in a nearby forest and, soon after his eerie return, a mysterious man in a gas mask shows up and spray paints a blue line around the farm, warning everyone within not to cross it — or trust anyone.

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Like, what would Speedman do if a person in a gas mask showed up now and delivered the same warning?

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When one rioter compromised the gas mask of a Metropolitan Police Department Detective, Dempsey used pepper spray to attack the officer.

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