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teargas

teargas is the alternative spelling of tear gas.

Meaning of tear gas

Noun

tear gas (countable and uncountable, plural tear gases or tear gasses)

  1. Any lachrymatory, non-lethal chemical compound that causes the eyes to sting and water and/or irritates the respiratory system, mostly used for controlling crowds during riots or as self-defense.
    • The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west...2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18

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Forms of teargas

Noun
pluralteargases
alternative formtear gas
alternative formtear-gas
Verb
third-person singular presentteargases
third-person singular presentteargasses
present participleteargassing
past participleteargassed
pastteargassed

Questions about teargas

What is teargas the alternative spelling of?
Teargas is the alternative spelling of tear gas.

Words near teargas in the dictionary

  1. teareth
  2. tearful
  3. tearfully
  4. tearfulness
  5. tearfulnesses
  6. teargas
  7. teargases
  8. teargassed
  9. teargasses
  10. teargassing
  11. tearier

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