GAS SHELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gas shell mean? 

• GAS SHELL (noun)
  The noun GAS SHELL has 1 sense:

1. (military) bomb consisting of an explosive projectile filled with a toxic gas that is released when the bomb explodes

  Familiarity information: GAS SHELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAS SHELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(military) bomb consisting of an explosive projectile filled with a toxic gas that is released when the bomb explodes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gas shell" is a kind of...):

bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)