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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Several other protesters, some wearing gas masks, were also arrested in separate incidents.
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Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2025
The film grips the attention from the opening frames – grainy archive footage of a man wearing a gas mask who drives a pickup truck down a road bordered by white cylindrical storage containers.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Lyons said that after recent operations in Los Angeles turned violent, ICE is making gas masks and helmets standard issue for new agents.
—Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
The earlier memo requested the distribution of at least 135 military-grade gas masks to support DPS in Houston, 175 in San Antonio and 230 in Austin.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2025
The film grips the attention from the opening frames – grainy archive footage of a man wearing a gas mask who drives a pickup truck down a road bordered by white cylindrical storage containers.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Lyons said that after recent operations in Los Angeles turned violent, ICE is making gas masks and helmets standard issue for new agents.
—Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
The earlier memo requested the distribution of at least 135 military-grade gas masks to support DPS in Houston, 175 in San Antonio and 230 in Austin.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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“Gas mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20mask. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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