tear gas
a gas that makes the eyes smart and water, thus producing a temporary blindness, used in modern warfare, to quell riots, etc.
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to subject to tear gas.
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How to use tear gas in a sentence
As tear gas and bullets fly, students from the affluent suburbs of Yangon and Mandalay, the country’s two biggest cities, are being joined on the barricades by fresh-faced office and factory workers and young miners from the jade diggings of Kachin.
The sensor, dubbed TRPA1, is common in animals — from flatworms to people — and responds to environmental irritants such as cold, heat, wasabi and tear gas.
Catnip repels insects. Scientists may have finally found out how | Erin Garcia de Jesus | March 4, 2021 | Science NewsIn this case, the escape hoods were reportedly used because of tear gas in the area, according to The New York Times and other reports.
Those ‘gas masks’ at the Capitol were actually escape hoods | Rob Verger | January 11, 2021 | Popular-ScienceA few minutes later, clouds of tear gas emerged over the crowd, and people ran from the Capitol.
Woman dies after shooting in U.S. Capitol; D.C. National Guard activated after mob breaches building | Washington Post Staff | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostThere were scenes of violence and reports of injuries, tear gas used and flash grenades set off, with all the images hurtling around the globe via television and the Internet.
A day for ceremony descends into anarchy on Capitol Hill | Dan Balz | January 7, 2021 | Washington Post
Many of those gathering in the run-up to the grand jury decision wore hockey and tear gas masks to conceal their identity.
Justice Was Served in Ferguson—This Isn’t Jim Crow America | Ron Christie | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlthough some groups, through the thick fog of tear gas, pepper spray and smoke that hung over the city, still lingered.
Frat Culture Clashes With Riot Police at Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival | Melanie Plenda | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen she added: “There is a beautiful moon and the smoke of tear gas.”
Kobani is Falling to ISIS in Syria. Kurd Protests Explode in Turkey. | Jamie Dettmer | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNor was an eyelash batted when he bought body armor and tear gas from BulletProofBodyArmorHQ.com and BP Arms, respectively.
Victim’s Parents Sue Merchants of the Aurora Massacre | Cliff Schecter | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCitizens in Ferguson have endured tear gas and a militarized police force.
The tear gas which we prepared to manufacture was brombenzyl cyanide.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 | Benedict CrowellNeedless to say I had fallen flat, and, as I arose, the sweet smell of tear gas made itself evident.
How I Filmed the War | Lieut. Geoffrey H. MalinsEven a trace of tear gas in the air would in a few moments blind a man temporarily.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 | Benedict CrowellGassing the enemy with tear gas was much cheaper than with poison gas, yet it forced him to remain masked.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 | Benedict CrowellThis time he and his followers were stopped at a bridge in Selma, Alabama, by state troopers using tear gas and clubs.
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 | Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for tear gas
/ (tɪə) /
any one of a number of gases or vapours that make the eyes smart and water, causing temporary blindness; usually dispersed from grenades and used in warfare and to control riots: Also called: lacrimator
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