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Noun
tear gas (countable and uncountable , plural tear gases )
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 .
2013 June 7, Gary Younge , “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution ”, in The Guardian Weekly , volume 188 , number 26 , page 18 :The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.
Translations
chemical compound
Arabic: الْغَاز الْمَسِيل لِلْدَمُوع m ( al-ḡāz al-masīl li-l-damūʿ )
Armenian: արցունքաբեր գազ ( arcʻunkʻaber gaz )
Azerbaijani: bibər qazı , gözyaşardıcı qaz
Basque: gas negar eragile
Belarusian: слёзатачы́вы газ m ( sljozatačývy haz )
Bulgarian: сълзотво́рен газ m ( sǎlzotvóren gaz )
Catalan: gas lacrimògen m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 催淚瓦斯 / 催泪瓦斯 (zh) ( cuīlèi wǎsī ) , 催泪瓦斯 (zh) ( cuīlèiwǎsī ) , 催淚氣體 / 催泪气体 ( cuīlèi qìtǐ ) , 催泪气体 ( cuīlèi qìtǐ ) , 催淚彈 / 催泪弹 (zh) ( cuīlèidàn ) , 催泪弹 (zh) ( cuīlèidàn ) , 催淚煙 / 催泪烟 ( cuīlèiyān ) , 催泪烟 ( cuīlèiyān )
Czech: slzný plyn m
Danish: tåregas c
Dutch: traangas (nl) n
Esperanto: larmiga gaso
Estonian: pisargaas
Finnish: kyynelkaasu (fi)
French: gaz lacrymogène (fr) m
Georgian: ცრემლსადენი გაზი ( cremlsadeni gazi )
German: Tränengas (de) n
Gujarati: અશ્રુવાયુ ( aśruvāyu )
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Hungarian: könnygáz (hu)
Icelandic: táragas (is) n
Italian: gas lacrimogeno m
Japanese: 催涙ガス ( さいるいガス, sairui gasu ) , 催涙剤 ( さいるいざい, sairuizai )
Kazakh: жасауратқыш газ ( jasauratqyş gaz )
Korean: 최루 가스 ( choeru gaseu ) , 최루제 ( choeruje )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: rondikrêj (ku) f
Macedonian: солзавец m ( solzavec )
Malayalam: കണ്ണീർ വാതകം ( kaṇṇīṟ vātakaṁ )
Norwegian: tåregass (no) m
Nupe: nawú yakági
Occitan: gas lacrimogèn m
Persian: گاز اشکآور (fa) ( gâz-e ašk-âvar )
Polish: gaz łzawiący m
Portuguese: gás lacrimogéneo m
Russian: слезоточи́вый газ m ( slezotočívyj gaz )
Serbo-Croatian: suzavac (sh) m
Spanish: gas lacrimógeno m
Swedish: tårgas (sv) c
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: сльозогі́нний газ m ( slʹozohínnyj haz )
Vietnamese: hơi cay
Yoruba: atajú
Verb
tear gas (third-person singular simple present tear gasses or tear gasses , present participle tear gassing , simple past and past participle tear gassed )
To use tear gas.
The riot squad tear gassed the mob.
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