gas mask
noun
: a mask connected to a chemical air filter and used to protect the face and lungs from toxic gases
broadly
: respirator sense 1
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While the two were reporting from Iraq in 2003, Owens sprinted to give Pelley a gas mask after hearing an explosion overhead, fearing that the anchor was about to be harmed by a chemical attack.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
Massachusetts man attacks people with pepper spray at courthouse near Boston
A Massachusetts man wearing a gas mask and tactical gear was captured on video walking into a courthouse in a Boston suburb and attacking several people with pepper spray.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Only ten minutes later, museum personnel noticed the portrait of a woman in a gas mask, and removed it.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The art work, a ten-by-thirteen-inch neoclassical portrait in a cheap gilt frame, depicted a woman in a gas mask.
—Alex Scordelis, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
Massachusetts man attacks people with pepper spray at courthouse near Boston
A Massachusetts man wearing a gas mask and tactical gear was captured on video walking into a courthouse in a Boston suburb and attacking several people with pepper spray.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Only ten minutes later, museum personnel noticed the portrait of a woman in a gas mask, and removed it.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The art work, a ten-by-thirteen-inch neoclassical portrait in a cheap gilt frame, depicted a woman in a gas mask.
—Alex Scordelis, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gas mask
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“Gas mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20mask. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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