gasproof
Impervious to vapors
Gasproof means impervious to gas, designed to prevent gases from passing through: gasproof seals, gasproof shelter.
The term appears most often in military contexts describing protective equipment or structures intended to shield against chemical weapons or toxic fumes.
Also used as a verb meaning to make something resistant to gas penetration.
Breathing protection device
- hazmat suitSealed garment blocking toxins
- sealantGap-blocking substance
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
containment · hermetic · airtight · gasket · shelter · bunker · enclosure · charcoal filter
Toxic carbonyl chloride gas
- sarinOrganophosphate chemical weapon
- nerve agentWeaponized neurotoxin
- chemical weaponsToxic substances weaponized
- YpresFlemish city, wartime ruins
World War I · trench warfare · air raid · chemical burns · respiratory failure · fumigation · toxicology · contamination
respirator
Breathing protection device
- hazmat suitSealed garment blocking toxins
- sealantGap-blocking substance
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
filtration · containment · hermetic · airtight · gasket · shelter · bunker · enclosure · charcoal filter · impervious
phosgene
Toxic carbonyl chloride gas
- sarinOrganophosphate chemical weapon
- nerve agentWeaponized neurotoxin
- chemical weaponsToxic substances weaponized
Ypres · World War I · trench warfare · air raid · chemical burns · respiratory failure · fumigation · toxicology · contamination · home front
gasproofpermeable
Allowing substances through
porous · breathable · pervious · unsealed · ventilated
gasproofunprotected
Without safeguard or shield
vulnerable · exposed · unsealed · unshielded · defenseless
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