noxious substance

Example Sentences

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"It has since been established that this was not a gas leak and we believe some kind of noxious substance was released," said the police.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2023

The United States didn’t follow until 1821, when the Connecticut legislature banned giving a noxious substance to a woman “quick with child.”

From Washington Post • May 15, 2022

A flurry of arrests followed, in March for discharge of a noxious substance — most likely feces, his sister said — and April for trespass.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2021

He had just cut into a one-ton tank to recycle it in the yard – a football field away – and out poured a noxious substance.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2011

The material was first examined by the presence of such noxious substance as cyanides and found to be very satisfactory.

From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph