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tear-gas

[teer-gas]
–verb (used with object), -gassed, -gas⋅sing.
to subject to tear gas.

Origin:
1945–50
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noun
1. a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds [syn: tear gas

verb
1. attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes; "The students were teargassed during the riot" 
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