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Meanings of lachrymatory agent in English
A gas that irritates mucous membranes in the eyes, nose, mouth and lungs, and causes tearing, pain, and sometimes blindness.
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Examples for "teargas"
Examples for "teargas"
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Officers used water cannon, teargas and rubber bullets, a police spokesman said.
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The use of teargas and pepper sprays are a public health nightmare.
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Security forces quickly arrived, firing teargas -with sustained gunfire also heard.
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Residents said police used teargas and live ammunition to disperse the crowd.
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Police said they opened fire after failing to disperse activists with teargas.
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The Allied lachrymator campaign was terribly handicapped by lack of bromine.
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Lachrymators.-Thereis hardly need to dwell on the next class, the lachrymator.
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The Germans first used chlorine for cloud gas, and certain lachrymators for shell.
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The writer has vivid recollections of their use of lachrymators in the Loos Battle.
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The Germans undoubtedly attached considerable importance to their brominated lachrymators.
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One sulfur product is produced in significant quantities only in the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo: the "lacrimator," which causes our eyes to water.
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Others, he said, needed medical treatment after being hit with tear gas.
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Security forces fired tear gas and used batons to stop the protesters.
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Of course all of us got hit and affected by tear gas.
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Both sides used tear gas at the Kastanies border post on Wednesday.
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Police were forced to fire tear gas at demonstrators amid the chaos.