adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a noxious gas (= a harmful or poisonous gas )
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A noxious gas was discovered to be leaking from the pipe.
noxious emissions (= harmful and poisonous )
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The air is a toxic cocktail of exhaust fumes and noxious emissions from nearby factories.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
fumes
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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.
gases
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He knew he had acquired an object which emitted other noxious gases - Pitfall Number One - but that wasn't all.
substance
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The normal gastric mucosa can prevent bypass diffusion of potentially noxious substances from the gastric lumen.
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The site was contaminated with copper arsenate, a fairly noxious substance , but the fern was apparently thriving.
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Other noxious substances may be very good drugs too if they are understood and properly used.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Increasing tax on petrol would encourage people to drive smaller cars with fewer noxious emissions.
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Residents have to put up with noxious fumes from the nearby factory.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is a noxious and insidious notion that insults the intellectual abilities of black students.
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Many edible species of butterfly gain protection by resembling noxious or poisonous species.
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The dumps were generating explosive gases and leaching noxious chemicals that polluted underground water sources.
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The normal gastric mucosa can prevent bypass diffusion of potentially noxious substances from the gastric lumen.
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There needs to be renewed awareness of the capacity of the synthesizer and sampling to produce filthy, noxious tones.
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Thus the dreadful smogs of pre-1952 have been eliminated and the emission of noxious and offensive gases limited.