TEARGAS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them
   • used in dispersing crowds
   Synonym(s)
   • lachrymator (what does lachrymator mean?)
   • lacrimator (what does lacrimator mean?)
   • tear gas (what does tear gas mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) teargas is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • gas (what does gas mean?)
   • chemical weapon (what does chemical weapon mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (what does chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile mean?)
   • CS gas (what does CS gas mean?)
   • chloroacetophenone (what does chloroacetophenone mean?)
   • CN gas (what does CN gas mean?)
   • nitrochloromethane (what does nitrochloromethane mean?)

TEARGAS as VERB

1. Meaning
   • attack with teargas
   • subject to teargas fumes
   Usage Example(s)
   • The students were teargassed during the riot
   Hypernyms(s) teargas is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • gas (what does gas mean?)