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gas mask
noun
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
Also called (in Britain): respirator.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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gas mask1
Example Sentences
It’s equally hard to distinguish between a TV remote, which will splinter against your gas mask’s face piece, and a brick, which will stave it in.
Children handed veterans white roses, while service members carried conflict artefacts, including a child's gas mask.
As well as a turn on the shooting range, this Saturday morning programme, called "Train with the Army", also teaches civilians hand-to-hand combat, first aid and how to put on a gas mask.
As he removes his gas mask, Bartek says he thinks most Poles "will take up arms" if attacked, "and be ready to defend the country."
He was in the thick of it – gas mask on – when he took some of the most iconic images of the night.
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