| VERB | competition | teargas | attack with teargas |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOUN | substance | teargas, tear gas, lacrimator, lachrymator | a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them |
| 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, lacrimator, 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 | |
| Meaning | attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The students were teargassed during the riot" | |
| Broader | gas | attack with gas |
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