CS gas
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of CS gas
C20: from the surname initials of its US inventors, Ben Carson and Roger Staughton
Example Sentences
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He ruled out the likelihood of the symptoms being caused by more conventional crowd control measures, such as CS gas, which was also being deployed by Georgia's riot police last year.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
He said that most of the chemical substances used in the attacks had been identified as CS gas, a tear gas most commonly used by riot police to control crowds.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler barred the Portland Police Bureau from using CS gas, one kind of the toxic gas, in September 2020 after being criticized by residents about tear gas seeping into their homes.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Monahan contends police were "specifically prohibited the use of CS gas on June 1."
From Fox News ● Jul. 28, 2020
Mr. Delgado stressed that if CS gas was used, officials would have had gas masks on.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2020
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