noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
breathe fumes
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These children are breathing traffic fumes all day long.
toxic chemicals/substances/fumes/gases
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Toxic chemicals were spilled into the river.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
diesel
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Further risks are the increase in diesel fumes , back injuries, dermatitis and stress-related problems - all increasing in coal mines.
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He could not avoid it, he took a lungful of the diesel fumes from the taxi as it pulled away.
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The large square was crowded, dusty and clamorous and full of diesel fumes and the smell of fried onions.
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The most likely cause was thought to be diesel exhaust fumes .
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The juice was marvellous, cutting through the taste of dust and diesel fumes .
noxious
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It follows last April's evacuation of Kirkby swimming pool after scores of schoolchildren were overcome by noxious fumes .
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The site would clean toxin-laced dirt by burning it, sending noxious fumes into nearby skies.
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The atmosphere consisted of nothing but the noxious fumes of burnt bodies: the recyclers couldn't cope.
toxic
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We campaigned ferociously to ban the stuff that could kill people in minutes with its toxic fumes .
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The other, in 1972, happened when a man was overcome by toxic fumes .
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They give off thick black toxic fumes , which often prove to be more lethal than the flames themselves.
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Also, you may throw on the fire something that gives off toxic fumes .
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There was serious talk of ecological suicide, criminal irresponsibility and the evils of toxic fumes merging with alcoholic ones.
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Do not use the stove inside a tent because of the risk of fire and toxic fumes .
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Rubbish litters our countryside, toxic fumes are belched into our air and radioactive discharge pollutes our seas.
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This apparently disposes of the toxic fumes much more safely.
■ NOUN
exhaust
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Trailed by a cloud of exhaust fumes , he accelerated up the road.
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Some scientists are concerned about long-term exposure to low levels of manganese oxides from car exhaust fumes .
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The carbon deposit was thought to come from car exhaust fumes from a large car park close to the church.
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The exhaust fumes from the cars and buses pour in through the open windows of our bus.
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The combination of early breakfast, exhaust fumes and nerves is a potent cocktail!
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He said he only wanted to kill himself and claimed he ate rat poison and planned to inhale car exhaust fumes .
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The so-called hybrid bus is virtually silent and produces fewer exhaust fumes .
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As his engines speeded up on the runway, a little flap would open on the ground to catch the exhaust fumes .
petrol
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She has to be the biggest money-grabber this side of Gordon Brown crazed on petrol fumes .
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It's into the car and close the boot, Petrol fumes instead of soot.
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I am worried about possible toxic effects, from the petrol fumes , and the asbestos.
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It appears he lit a cigarette which ignited the petrol fumes .
■ VERB
breathe
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse has estimated that 1, 000 teens die annually by breathing fumes from easily accessible products.
give
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Also, you may throw on the fire something that gives off toxic fumes .
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And there is the paint they use which gives off really bad fumes .
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Do not buy foam-filled furniture if you can avoid it, as it can give oft lethal fumes when it ignites.
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The lime was mixed with flowers of sulphur so that the walls would give off sulphurous fumes when they got warm.
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It's giving off smelly fumes .
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Some rags, which had apparently been used to wipe it out, gave off oil fumes .
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It was a sort of devil's crucible, giving off poisonous fumes , just like a bowl of vitriol.
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The solvent-weld cement gives off powerful fumes and should not be used in a confined space.
overcome
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It follows last April's evacuation of Kirkby swimming pool after scores of schoolchildren were overcome by noxious fumes .
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The other, in 1972, happened when a man was overcome by toxic fumes .
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Grom, having overcome his initial surprise, howled with pain and anger before he was overcome by the fumes .
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Eighteen-year-old Jennie Whalley was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes while sitting in a car parked in a garage.
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Mrs Ellen Morpeth is thought to have been overcome by fumes after the chair she was sitting on caught fire.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A strong smell of paint fumes filled the studio.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to the latest figures at least two youngsters die every week as a direct result of inhaling solvent fumes .
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Frequently, people throw water in front of their doors, and the dust gives way to mud and malodorous fumes .
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Investigators concluded damaged wiring may have provided the spark that ignited fumes in the fuel tank.
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Some scientists are concerned about long-term exposure to low levels of manganese oxides from car exhaust fumes .
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The atmosphere was being poisoned, every green thing blighted, and every stream fouled with chemical fumes and waste.
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The carbon deposit was thought to come from car exhaust fumes from a large car park close to the church.