Sentence examples for blister agent from inspiring English sources
The primary form of blister agent used in that conflict was sulfur mustard, popularly known as mustard gas.
The chemical, named after its distinctive smell akin to mustard or horseradish, is a blister agent causing horrific burns.
He said an investigation "into an alleged [Isis] attack in Syria in August" concluded "at least two people were exposed to [the blister agent] sulphur mustard.
Questions and Answers Q. I'd like to ask you about a report that the substances found at a training camp in central Iraq between Karbala and Hilla apparently include nerve agent sarin and tabin and the blister agent lewisite.
That deal, brokered by Russia and the United States, led to the destruction of most of Syria's most dangerous chemical weapons, including the nerve agents Sarin and VX, and sulfur mustard, a blister agent.
Although lethal in high concentrations, blister agents seldom kill.
These include choking agents, blister agents, blood agents, nerve agents, incapacitants, riot-control agents, and herbicides.
Russia retains some 40,000 tons of chemical warfare blister agents and nerve gas.
Protection against blister agents requires an effective gas mask and protective overgarments.
Blister agents were also developed and deployed in World War I.
