Tear Gas

Definition: Tear Gas

Tear Gas

Noun

1. A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Tear Gas

Crosswords: Tear Gas

So when the tear gas cleared, 31 inmates and 9 hostages were dead. (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut)

Tear Gas Squad (1940)

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Books

• Tear Gas and Ticket Louts (reference)

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Music

• Tear Gas [IMPORT] (reference)

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Then sheriffs swore in deputies in droves, and orders were rushed for rifles, for tear gas, for ammunition.

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Business

Security equipment for personal protection such as guns, bulletproof vests, tear gas spray, and equipment for car protection such as tracking devices (GPS), as well as alarms and fuel-blocking systems are also in high demand. (references)

Civil Liberties

Panama

When protests turned violent, police responded with tear gas. (references)

Burkina Faso

In August 2000, police used tear gas to disperse demonstrating refugees. (references)

Zimbabwe

Police reportedly beat and used tear gas on the supporters and arrested one MDC supporter. (references)

Human Rights

Pakistan

Later that month, police used batons and deployed tear gas during a rally of businessmen. (references)

Jamaica

Although no one was hit by gunfire, a baby was taken to the hospital after inhaling tear gas. (references)

Ghana

Some police officers gave contradictory testimony regarding the use of tear gas at the stadium. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

Police fired at the protesters and used tear gas, live ammunition, grenades, canes and batons to disperse them. (references)

Sudan

There was no further investigation or action taken in the following cases in 2000: The unconfirmed November PDF attacks on the village of Guong Nowh, in which several persons were killed; the November NDA attack on Kassala in which 52 civilians and soldiers were killed during fighting between government and NDA troops; the September incident in which security forces in several cities in the north used tear gas and live ammunition to forcibly disperse some demonstrations and killed several persons; the June attack by government air and ground forces in the vicinity of a Catholic mission which reportedly resulted in the deaths of 32 persons, including of women and children; and the February reported PDF attack on several villages in eastern Aweil and Twic counties, northern Bahr El Ghazal, during which 156 civilians were killed. (references)

Trade

Uk

Prohibited imports include AM citizens band radios, switchblade knives, devices that project toxic, noxious or harmful substances (e.g., tear gas), counterfeit coins and currency, and certain types of pornography. (references)

Worker Rights

Djibouti

Police used tear gas and clubs to break up the strike. (references)

Ecuador

On July 26, police blocked a protest strike by health workers using tear gas. (references)

Brazil

Although police said that they used only tear gas and rubber bullets, live ammunition was found in Ferreira's body. (references)

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Albanian

gaz lotues, gaz lotsjellës (lachrymator). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غاز مسيل للدموع. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сълзотворен газ. (various references)

Czech

slzný plyn. (various references)

Danish

tåregas. (various references)

Dutch

traangas (harassing agent, lachrymatory gas). (various references)

Finnish

kyynelkaasu (tear-gas). (various references)

French

gaz lacrymogène. (various references)

German

Tränengas (teargas). (various references)

Greek 

δακρυγόνο αέριο (lachrymatory gas), δακρυγόνο. (various references)

Hebrew 

�'ז מ�"מיע (lachrymator). (various references)

Hungarian

könnygáz. (various references)

Italian

gas lacrimogeno (lachrymator). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

催涙ガス . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さいるいガス. (various references)

Pig Latin

eartay asgay.(various references)

Portuguese

gás lacrimogéneo (lachrymatory gas, teargas). (various references)

Romanian

gaz lacrimogen. (various references)

Russian 

слезоточивый газ (tear-gas). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

suzavac. (various references)

Spanish

gas lacrimógeno (lachrymatory gas). (various references)

Swedish

tårgas. (various references)

Turkish

gözyaşartıcı gaz. (various references)

Misspellings

"Tear Gas" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tear gacs. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gastrea, teargas.

-1 letter: agates, gaster, grates, greats, reatas, retags, stager, targes.

-2 letters: agars, agate, agers, areas, aster, gates, gears, getas, grate, great, ragas, rages, rates, reata, retag, sager, sarge, stage, stare, tares, targe, tears, terga.

-3 letters: agar, agas, ager, ages, area, ares, arse, arts, asea, ates, ears, east, eats, eras, ergs, erst, etas, gaes, gars, gast, gate, gats, gear, gest, geta, gets, grat, raga, rage, rags, rase, rate, rats, regs, rest, rets, saga, sage, sate, sear, seat, sera, seta, stag, star, tags, tare, tars, tear, teas, tegs, tsar.

-4 letters: aas, aga, age, are, ars, art, ate, ear, eat, era, erg, ers, eta, gae, gar, gas, gat, get, rag, ras, rat, reg, res, ret, sae, sag, sat, sea, seg, ser, set, tae, tag, tar, tas, tea, teg.

-5 letters: aa, ae, ag, ar, as, at, er, es, et, re, ta.

+1 letter: agrestal, cartages, gastraea, gastreas, gradates, megastar, regattas, stargaze, stravage, tanagers.

+2 letters: abrogates, ageratums, arrogates, gastraeas, gastrulae, graduates, graftages, megastars, pasturage, runagates, stargazed, stargazer, stargazes, stratagem, stravaged, stravages, teargases, trackages, waterages.

+3 letters: abnegators, aggravates, aggregates, algebraist, aragonites, arbitrages, asperating, carpetbags, cartilages, catalogers, ciguateras, factorages, gastrulate, granulates, gratulates, gravitases, gravitates, greatcoats, guarantees, guaranties, magistrate, margarites, marginates, parentages, pasturages, patronages, pentagrams, propagates, separating, smaragdite, stagecraft, stargazers, sterigmata, stratagems, stravaiged, tailgaters, teargassed, teargasses, termagants, tragedians, variegates.

+4 letters: afterimages, algebraists, arbitragers, arctangents, arpeggiates, baronetages, caretakings, cataloguers, deflagrates, dramaturges, exaggerates, flabbergast, gallantries, gastrulated, gastrulates, grandmaster, greasepaint, inaugurates, ingratiates, interabangs, magisterial, magistrates, margravates, martingales, pageantries, paramagnets, quarterages, ravagements, scattergram, smaragdites, stagecrafts, steerageway, strangulate, straphanger, strategical, sugarcoated, tardigrades, teargassing, variegators, vegetarians.

+5 letters: agglomerates, aggregations, angularities, arbitrageurs, arraignments, arrangements, arteriograms, ascertaining, asseverating, autographies, bearbaitings, breakfasting, degradations, disaggregate, dramaturgies, earthshaking, egalitarians, ergastoplasm, exaggerators, exasperating, extravagates, farthingales, flabbergasts, fragmentates, gnatcatchers, grandfathers, grandmasters, grandparents, grandstanded, grandstander, granitewares, greasepaints, macrogametes, magistracies, magistrature, manslaughter, margraviates, nongraduates, plantigrades, pomegranates, postgraduate, reaggregates, reescalating, scattergrams, steerageways, strangulated, strangulates, straphangers, talebearings, thaumaturges, transmigrate, triangulates, variegations, weatherglass.

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