"tear-gas" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tear-gases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tear-gas (countable and uncountable, plural tear-gases)
  1. Alternative spelling of tear gas Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: tear gas
    Sense id: en-tear-gas-en-noun-9MWhs5IT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tear gas, teargas

Verb

Forms: tear-gases [present, singular, third-person], tear-gassing [participle, present], tear-gassed [participle, past], tear-gassed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tear-gases|tear-gassing|tear-gassed}} tear-gas (third-person singular simple present tear-gases, present participle tear-gassing, simple past and past participle tear-gassed)
  1. Alternative spelling of tear gas Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tear gas
    Sense id: en-tear-gas-en-verb-9MWhs5IT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tear gas, teargas

Inflected forms

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