tear gas

Speech parts

1. tear gas - Noun

2. tear gas - Verb

Meaning

a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

tear-gas

Synonyms

teargas lachrymator lacrimator lance cleaver club knife revolver spike hatchet gun missile bomb ammunition rifle
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Antonyms

spoon bare hands

Hypernyms

gas chemical weapon

Hyponyms

CS gas chloroacetophenone CN gas chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile nitrochloromethane

Examples

I can still smell the tear gas in the Hilton Hotel. Eugene McCarthy

For at the real heart of battle for equality is a deep-seated belief in the democratic process. Equality depends not on the force of arms or tear gas but upon the force of moral right; not on recourse to violence but on respect for law and order. Lyndon B. Johnson

Western society has many flaws, and it is good for an educated person to have thought some of these through, even at the expense of losing a lecture or two to tear gas. Robert B. Laughlin

Her perfume was a mixture of roses and tear gas. Rick Riordan

A Black man beaten up by several French police officers said he is seeking justice after the publication of videos showing officers repeatedly punching him, using a truncheon and tear gas against him for no apparent reason. Source: Internet

A candlelit vigil in Tehran for the victims Saturday evening into a protest before police broke up the gathering with tear gas. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tear film disorders tear flow tear fluid tear gas canister tear gas grenade tear gases