tear gas
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tear gas /ˈtɪə ɡæs $ ˈtɪr-/ noun [uncountable] PMWa gas that stings your eyes, used by the police to control crowds 催泪瓦斯，催泪性毒气 The police used tear gas to break up the demonstration. 警察用催泪弹驱散游行示威队伍。
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tear gas• A tear gas canister fatally wounded one young demonstrator.• The Army moved in with a water cannon and tear gas, forcing the marchers into hasty retreat.• Hundreds were hospitalized suffering from the effects of tear gas.• On Sept. 17 reports stated that tear gas was used to halt protests at a Mandalay high school.• They had to use tear gas to drive off the rioters.• Outside the group's headquarters, police and soldiers used tear gas against demonstrators.• The air was filled with tear gas and hordes of these balloons floating on to the streets below in the afternoon sun.tear gas nounChinese
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tear gas
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tear gas → tear gas at CS gas(1) a gas that stings your eyes, used by the police to control crowds
tear gas
tear gas /ˈtɪə ɡæs $ ˈtɪr-/
noun [uncountable]
a gas that stings your eyes, used by the police to control crowds:
The police used tear gas to break up the demonstration.
tear gas /ˈtɪə ɡæs $ ˈtɪr-/
noun [uncountable]a gas that stings your eyes, used by the police to control crowds: