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to teargas

to teargas

6.1
To use a gas that burns people's eyes to make a crowd move away
  • verb
  • /ˈtɪrˌɡæs/
translation icon : usar gas lacrimógeno
  • The police teargassed the protesters during the demonstration.

Examples

  • Police threatened to teargas the protesters if they did not disperse.

  • The officers were accused of teargassing peaceful marchers.

  • Authorities teargassed the crowd during the demonstration last night.

  • They are planning to teargas the crowd if they don't disperse.

  • Authorities teargassed the crowd during the demonstration last night.

  • Police threatened to teargas the protesters if they did not disperse.

  • The officers were accused of teargassing peaceful marchers.

Synonyms

to gas
vsto teargas
  • Offensive
5 9.3

To use poisonous air to harm or kill people

is aimed at dispersing people rather than killing or seriously harming them
to tear-gassing
vsto teargas
  • Literature
1 6.4

To use tear gas to make a crowd leave a place

is an attack or dispersal by releasing that irritant
to tear-gas
vsto teargas
  • NSFW
1 5.4

To spray a chemical at people to make them cough and move away

is an attack or dispersal by releasing that irritant

Surface Forms

teargas infinitive
teargassed past
teargassed past participle
teargasing present participle
teargases third person singular

Morphology

teargas = tear gas (transparent) = tear + gas

The verb is transparently built from the noun 'tear gas' by conversion, and the compound meaning is understandable from its parts.

Etymology

The word teargas as a verb means to use teargas on people, in other words to release that eye-watering gas to make a crowd go away.