Definition of hazmat in English: hazmat
(also hazmats )
noun mass noun Dangerous substances; hazardous material.
as modifier ‘hazmat shipments’
More example sentences
‘Wearing a hazmat suit to guard against possible infection, she collects tissue samples from a gorilla that died of Ebola virus in the Congo.’ ‘Our hospital has just got their hazmat team ready to roll.’ ‘There are also numerous training programs, including hazmat and ammonia training.’ ‘Firefighters and hazmat crews had to rush to the studios after a dangerous chemical spill.’ ‘I want the hazmat team and the governor to be contacted and informed of this!’ ‘The police department has been fielding eighty hazmat calls a day since this story broke.’ ‘That might be an appealing alternative to calling in a hazmat team every time a questionable substance is found.’ ‘I drove by there an hour ago and now it's a hazmat scene.’ ‘This company also provides hazmat emergency response.’ ‘They don their hazmat suits and speed off to locations to gather and test unknown white substances in envelopes.’ ‘The walls were lined with rows of lab coats, gas masks, and hazmat suits.’ ‘The influx of cash allowed the state to purchase things like a $116,000 hazmat response vehicle.’ ‘The researchers shadowed a hazmat team responding to a simulated terrorist attack.’ ‘He barely got to the end of the block before the first hazmat van arrived.’ ‘We're going to go ahead and set up decontamination zones and hazmat detection zones.’ ‘Turns out he had a hazmat response training session just last week.’ ‘The door in question was a large hazmat door constructed of 12-inch thick blast-proof metal.’ ‘There was a little decontamination unit out in the ambulance bay and hazmat suits everywhere.’ ‘The plane is loaded, except for one pallet of hazmat.’ ‘She was talking about that suspicious package that, courtesy of the hazmat team, was taken care of.’