carbon monoxide
noun
: a colorless odorless very toxic gas CO that is formed as a product of the incomplete combustion of carbon or a carbon compound
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Know how to avoid injury from debris, contaminated water, carbon monoxide poisoning, electrocution, and damaged buildings and infrastructure.
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Staff Reports, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
How Friend Was Shot Schneider said that fire crews also assured him that there were no lethal doses of carbon monoxide in the buildings.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
The products of pyrolysis are biochar, the carbon skeleton of the organic matter, gases such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and methane, and liquids that, if not condensed into a biofuel, form a sticky tar that can foul equipment.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In particular, astronomers led by Andrew Winter of Queen Mary University of London measured the Doppler shift of carbon monoxide gas in each of the disks.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Staff Reports, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
How Friend Was Shot Schneider said that fire crews also assured him that there were no lethal doses of carbon monoxide in the buildings.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
The products of pyrolysis are biochar, the carbon skeleton of the organic matter, gases such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and methane, and liquids that, if not condensed into a biofuel, form a sticky tar that can foul equipment.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In particular, astronomers led by Andrew Winter of Queen Mary University of London measured the Doppler shift of carbon monoxide gas in each of the disks.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Carbon monoxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carbon%20monoxide. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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