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

Examples of gas mask in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With his voice rising to a shout, the judge pointed to photos in evidence showing members of Johnson’s crew wearing gas masks while mixing drugs. Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024 While Osbourne's glam makeup look was can't-miss, Wilson opted to hide his face with a full, black gas mask. Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024 During a search of his home, authorities found a Nazi flag and memorabilia, a gas mask and gas cans, among other items. Dakin Andone, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024 The execution was carried out on Thursday night and marked the first time nitrogen hypoxia, a process that aims to cause asphyxiation by forcing an individual to inhale pure nitrogen or lethally high concentrations of it through a gas mask, was used to execute someone. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024 During the execution, officials said Smith will be strapped to a gurney chamber and forced to breathe nitrogen through a gas mask until his body is depleted entirely of oxygen and shuts down. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2024 Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen needed to stay alive, on Thursday in the nation’s first execution attempt with the method. Kim Chandler, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024 Not all are dangerous, though; there are odd little critters that somehow double as gas masks or flashlights. Andrew Webster, The Verge, 23 Nov. 2023 Brian was positioned at the front of the crowd, standing face-to-face with a Capitol Police officer named Stevin Karlsen, who wore a helmet and a gas mask while trying to protect himself with a four-foot-tall riot shield. Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gas mask was in 1915

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“Gas mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20mask. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

gas mask

noun
: a mask connected to a chemical air filter and used to protect the face and lungs against harmful gases

Medical Definition

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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