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Definition of monoxide
: an oxide containing one atom of oxygen in a molecule
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Generating capacity would be improved from 920 megawatts to 1,200 megawatts while emissions of carbon monoxide and particulates would be cut by 70 percent, according to FPL.
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The culprit: A clogged vent on a water heater sent excess carbon monoxide into the apartment.
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A person found dead inside a burning car parked at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle this week appears to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning, the DuPage County coroner's office said Friday.
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HB 4758: Require the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in public schools.
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Carter and Roy were teenagers when Roy, then 18, took his own life in 2014 by pumping his truck cab full of carbon monoxide.
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Firefighters found the four suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning just after 7 p.m. Saturday near Weaver and Oak streets in Olathe.
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The judge found that Michelle Carter caused the death of Conrad Roy III, who intentionally filled his truck with carbon monoxide in a Fairhaven, Massachusetts, store parking lot in July 2014.
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More than 30 people were sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning from a damaged oil boiler in a building in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, authorities said Tuesday.
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: an oxide containing one atom of oxygen per molecule—see carbon monoxide
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