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    TEARGAS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    lachrymator; lacrimator; tear gas; teargas

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("teargas" is a kind of...):

    chemical weapon (chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants)

    gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "teargas"):

    chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile; CS gas (a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema)

    chloroacetophenone; CN gas (a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer)

    nitrochloromethane (gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumesplay

    Example:

    The students were teargassed during the riot

    Classified under:

    Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

    Hypernyms (to "teargas" is one way to...):

    gas (attack with gas; subject to gas fumes)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

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