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chloroacetophenone

n. (context organic compound English) The chlorinated form of acetophenone, ''C6H5-CO-CH2Cl'', used as the riot control agent CN gas

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chloroacetophenone

n. a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer [syn: CN gas]

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They let us smell phosgene, bromobenzyl, cyanide, chloroacetophenone, and various other invisible poisons with equally ominous names.