Lexic.us

Definition of Tear gas

1. Noun. A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds.

Definition of Tear gas

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Verb. To use tear gas. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Tear gas

1. A gas, such as acetone, benzene bromide, and xylol, that causes irritation of the conjunctiva and profuse lacrimation. See: lacrimator. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tear Gas

Literary usage of Tear gas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1877-1945 by Clayton D. Laurie, Ronald H. Cole (1997)
"T1 AMID CLOUDS OF tear gas, US ARMY SOLDIERS CLEAR BEF ENCAMPMENTS, ... Chief Glassford personally led the police in a tear-gas assault. ..."

2. Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Congressional Hearing edited by Christopher H. Smith (1999)
"The shipments were stopped because of protests from Palestinian and Israeli groups that the tear gas used by Israeli security forces on demonstrators in the ..."

3. Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Congressional Hearing edited by Christopher H. Smith (1999)
"The company manufactures the tear gas at its Federal Laboratories in Saltsburg, ... The company sells approx $1 million worth of tear gas to law enforcement ..."

4. The Armies of Industry: Our Nation's Manufacture of Munitions for a World in by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"Gassing the enemy with tear gas was much cheaper than with poison gas, ... Even a trace of tear gas in the air would in a few moments blind a man ..."

5. Gas and Flame in Modern Warfare by Samuel James Manson Auld (1918)
"... to the horns—The tear gas Shell—Its chemical analysis—Combated by anti- gas goggles —Tommies scoff at tear gas.—The Germans make it formidable. ..."

6. How America Went to War: An Account from Official Sources of the Nation's by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"Gassing the enemy with tear gas was much cheaper than with poison gas, ... Even a trace of tear gas in the air would in a few moments blind a man ..."

7. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"We will probably use tear gas in most, if not all, ... The general idea now is that we should not put tear gas in all shrapnel because under certain ..."

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