tear gas
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | Date: 2008
tear gas
/ ti(ə)r/
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n.
gas that causes severe irritation to the eyes, chiefly used in riot control to force crowds to disperse.
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v.
(tear-gas) [tr.] (usu. be tear-gassed)
attack with tear gas.
© The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2008, originally published by Oxford University Press 2008.
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