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lachrymator

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lach⋅ry⋅ma⋅tor

  [lak-ruh-mey-ter]
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–noun
a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
Also, lacrimator.

Origin:
1915–20; < ML lacrimātor, equiv. to lacrimā(re) to shed tears (see lachrymatory ) + -tor -tor
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lach·ry·ma·tor also lac·ri·ma·tor   (lāk'rə-mā'tər)   
n.  Tear gas.

[Latin lacrimāre, to cry (from lacrima, tear; see lachrymal) + -ator.]
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lachrymator lach·ry·ma·tor or lac·ri·ma·tor (lāk'rə-mā'tər)
n.
Tear gas.

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