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chloroacetophenone

NOUN
  1. a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer

How To Use chloroacetophenone In A Sentence

  • The other 29 percent of the smoke is the tearing agent, chloroacetophenone, which has been around for nearly a century and causes severe irritation of the mucous membranes. Ars Technica
  • The compounds most commonly employed as lacrimatory agents or ‘tear gases’ are chloroacetophenone and ortho-chlorobenzalmalononitrile.
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