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tear gas
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
alt. Any lachrymatory non-lethal chemical compound that causes the eyes to sting and water and/or irritates the respiratory system, mostly used for controlling crowds during riots or as self-defense. n. Any lachrymatory non-lethal chemical compound that causes the eyes to sting and water and/or irritates the respiratory system, mostly used for controlling crowds during riots or as self-defense. vb. To use tear gas.
WordNet
n. a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds [syn: teargas, lacrimator, lachrymator]
Wikipedia
Tear gas, formally known as a lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from the Latin lacrima, meaning " tear"), is a chemical weapon that causes severe eye, respiratory, and skin irritation, pain, vomiting, and even blindness. In the eye, it stimulates the nerves of the lacrimal gland to produce tears. Common lachrymators include pepper spray (OC gas), CS gas, CR gas, CN gas (phenacyl chloride), nonivamide, bromoacetone, xylyl bromide, syn-propanethial-S-oxide (from onions), and Mace (a branded mixture).
Lachrymatory agents are commonly used for riot control. Their use in warfare is prohibited by various international treaties. During World War I, increasingly toxic lachrymatory agents were used.
Tear Gas is the fourth album by The Jacka consisting of 19 songs. It sold 5,800 copies in its first week of release, charting at #93 on the Billboard Top 200. This album had two singles, "Glamorous Lifesyle" with Andre Nickatina and "All Over Me" with Matt Blaque. An additional video was also made for the Freeway assisted track "They Dont Know". "All Over Me" featuring Matt Blaque peaked at #12 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it both artists' only charting single to date.
Usage examples of "tear gas".
When he described the smell and sting of tear gas, he made Laura's eyes water and her throat feel raw.
He watched, cold to his bones, as the clouds of tear gas drifted past the stage.
Quickly she opened her backpack, drew out a canister of tear gas, headed off after them, following the trail of the twine.
CS and CN are by far the most commonly employed tear gas dispersibles.
HOLIDAY RIOTING -- TEAR GAS, TROOPS QUELL YOUTHS -- FOUR RESORTS IN MIDWEST DISRUPTED BY BATTLES OF CROWDS AND POLICE.
Then sheriffs swore in deputies in droves, and orders were rushed for rifles, for tear gas, for ammunition.
Blinded by the tear gas, Skeeter allowed himself to be propelled along.
His voice was still hoarse and scratchy from the tear gas and he coughed painfully.