NOUN | substance | lacrimator, tear gas, teargas, lachrymator | a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them |
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Meaning | A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds. | |
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Synonyms | tear gas, teargas, lachrymator | |
Narrower | chloroacetophenone, CN gas | A tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer |
chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, CS gas | A tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster | |
nitrochloromethane | gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas | |
Broader | 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 | |
Spanish | gas lacrimógeno | |
Catalan | gas lacrimogen, gas lacrimògen |
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