Noun: blistering agent
- A toxic war gas with sulphide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
"The use of blistering agent in warfare is prohibited by international law";
- mustard gas, mustard agent, dichloroethyl sulfide, sulfur mustard [N. Amer], sulphur mustard [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: blistering agents
Type of: poison gas, vesicant, vesicatory
Encyclopedia: Blistering agent