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Tear gas   /tɛr gæs/   Listen
Tear gas

noun
1.
A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds.  Synonyms: lachrymator, lacrimator, teargas.






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"Tear gas" Quotes from Famous Books



... had great difficulty in pushing them off up to the trenches. I took them there just to be in time for a terrific bombardment on the trenches, whilst the Germans tried unsuccessfully to raid our trenches. They used tear gas on us, sent over in shells, and it makes you weep. When I returned they were shelling near our billet, and we had to spend the whole of the rest of the night in the cellars, and only got to our bed at about 6-0 ...
— Letters from France • Isaac Alexander Mack



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