Get Free Checker

teargas

[ UK /tˈi‍əɡæs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds
VERB
  1. attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes
    The students were teargassed during the riot

How To Use teargas In A Sentence

  • Bersih 1.0 came before the 2008 general election, but then-Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi quelled it using teargas. Paranoia in Penang
  • Fleeing teargas but still trapped, people pulled down chainlink fences and scurried out through underground parking garages in order to make an escape back to the streets. Occupy protests in Oakland and New York: a weekend of police clashes
  • Police scattered striking workers and teargas was also used to disperse a striking mob at Cyril Lord.
  • The security forces unleashed an immense barrage of teargas as well as using water cannon and clubs.
  • When the two sides clashed, riot police tried to disperse them with teargas. Times, Sunday Times
  • Refugees said police fired teargas and live rounds at rioting youths. Times, Sunday Times
  • Large crowds pushed through police barricades after coming under teargas fire from security forces. Times, Sunday Times
  • 'lathi' (baton) charge and use of teargas, 'the official said. Anthropologie du présent
  • NORM STAMPER: Not vetoing a decision to use chemical agents, also known as teargas, against hundreds of nonviolent demonstrators. Democracy Now!
  • Britain has announced it will urgently review export licences after Bahrain cleared protesters from the capital, Manama, with UK-made crowd-controls weapons such as teargas and stun grenades. Worries about Sandhurst links after Bahrain protest crackdown
View all