teargas
a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds • Syn: tear gas, lacrimator, lachrymator • Hypernyms: gas, chemical weapon • Hyponyms: chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, CS gas, chloroacetophenone, CN gas, nitrochloromethane
attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes - The students were teargassed during the riot • Hypernyms: gas • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody
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