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tear gas

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A protester using a tear gas grenade

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teargas (countable anduncountable,pluraltear gasesortear gasses)

  1. Anylachrymatory,non-lethalchemical compound that causes the eyes to sting and water and/orirritates therespiratory system, mostly used forcontrollingcrowds duringriots or asself-defense.
    • 2013 June 7,Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume188, number26, page18:
      The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry andtear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.

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chemical compound

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teargas (third-person singular simple presenttear gassesortear gases,present participletear gassing,simple past and past participletear gassed)

  1. To use tear gas.
    The riot squadtear gassed the mob.

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