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| has gloss | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds lachrymator, lacrimator, tear gas, teargas |
| lexicalization | eng: lachrymator |
| lexicalization | eng: lacrimator |
| lexicalization | eng: tear gas |
| lexicalization | eng: teargas |
| subclass of | (noun) a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely gas |
| subclass of | (noun) chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants chemical weapon |
| has subclass | (noun) a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema CS gas, chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile |
| has subclass | (noun) a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer CN gas, chloroacetophenone |
| has subclass | (noun) gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas nitrochloromethane |
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