respirator
DEVICE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE WEARER FROM INHALING HARMFUL DUSTS, FUMES, VAPORS, OR GASES
Filter mask; Particulate mask; Respirators; Paint mask; Pollution mask; Industrial breathing apparatus; Respiratory wearer protection; Air-purifying respirator; Air-supplying respirator
(respirators)
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A respirator is a device that allows people to breathe when they cannot breathe naturally, for example because they are ill or have been injured.
She was so ill that she was put on a respirator.
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2.
A respirator is a device you wear over your mouth and nose in order to breathe when you are surrounded by smoke or poisonous gas.
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