teargas

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A form of tear gas — Any lachrymatory, non-lethal chemical compound that causes the eyes to sting and water and/or irritates the respiratory system, mostly used for controlling crowds during riots or as self-defense.

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Meanings

nounteargas (countable and uncountable, plural teargases)

plural teargases · alternative tear gas · alternative tear-gas

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of tear gas.
verbteargas (third-person singular simple present teargases or teargasses, present participle teargassing, simple past and past participle teargassed)

present singular third person teargases · present singular third person teargasses · participle present teargassing · participle past teargassed · past teargassed · alternative tear gas · alternative tear-gas

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of tear gas.

    Daniel Biss, the mayor of Evanston, Illinois, spoke about the incident in a video posted late Friday morning to his X account, saying: “Not only did they come with weapons and violence, show of force and drive a van into us, but then they teargassed us, and I have to tell you, it was terrifying.”

    2025 September 19, Alisha Ebrahimji, Emma Tucker, quoting Daniel Biss, “Chicago-area mayor says federal agents teargassed him at a protest outside an ICE facility”, in CNN

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
tear gaslacrimatorlachrymator
Broader
gaschemical weapon
Also see
lachrymatortear gas

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sartage
Cite this entry
APA

teargas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teargas

MLA

“teargas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teargas. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teargas,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teargas.

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