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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Groups of demonstrators, many wearing gas masks and other face coverings, linked arms in a human chain in front of Delaney Hall in Newark on Wednesday night, videos and photos posted on social media show.
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ABC News, 28 May 2026
Federal authorities used pepper spray, but some demonstrators came prepared with gas masks and shields.
—Christine Sloan, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Thomas Webster, who was convicted by a jury of assaulting law enforcement with a metal flagpole, tackling a police officer to the ground and trying to remove the officer's gas mask.
—Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 26 May 2026
All that changed when a video was leaked less than an hour before the start of the draft of Tunsil with a homemade bong-gas mask hybrid that would make Jeff Spicoli proud.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 28 May 2026
Federal authorities used pepper spray, but some demonstrators came prepared with gas masks and shields.
—Christine Sloan, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Thomas Webster, who was convicted by a jury of assaulting law enforcement with a metal flagpole, tackling a police officer to the ground and trying to remove the officer's gas mask.
—Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 26 May 2026
All that changed when a video was leaked less than an hour before the start of the draft of Tunsil with a homemade bong-gas mask hybrid that would make Jeff Spicoli proud.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Gas mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20mask. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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