|  teargas 
 
 a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them;
 used in dispersing crowds
 • Syn:
 tear gas, lacrimator, lachrymator
 • Hypernyms:
 gas, chemical weapon
 • Hyponyms:
 chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, CS gas, chloroacetophenone, CN gas, nitrochloromethane
 
 attack with teargas;
 subject to teargas fumes
 - The students were teargassed during the riot
 • Hypernyms:
 gas
 • Verb Frames:
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