CS gas
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- noun
- /siː ɛs ɡæs/
- NSFW
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gas CS
- I also have to mention the early display of military force when drilling machines came to the ZAD in June 2011 for some preliminary sampling, a force which, besides attacking the opponents' lungs, made a herd of cows run in panic between the clouds of CS gas that replaced the usual morning mist.
- the use of CS gas
So I have no issue with people being exposed to CS gas because I was exposed to CS gas.
- So I have no issue with people being exposed to CS gas because I was exposed to CS gas.
- I saw some of the canisters go off and get a whiff of some of that CS gas prepared for CS gas.
- And they brought tanks and, and guns and helicopters and started poking holes in the wall and firing CS gas and, like, maybe our government is a little too big.
Examples
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Though "tears" may have been the main human reaction to this gas when it was invented, the toxicity of the current CS gas is considerably more advanced, causing all sorts of negative reactions in a human's breathing system, eyes, skin, etc.
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CS gas is the most commonly used, and "CS-gas" could be used instead of "tear gas," or perhaps even better, "toxic CS gas."
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And CS gas was used for the first time on a British mainland.
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Community garden of Le Sabot, harvest of October 17: about 200 CS gas grenades.
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I saw some of the canisters go off and get a whiff of some of that CS gas prepared for CS gas.
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CS gas is the most commonly used, and "CS-gas" could be used instead of "tear gas," or perhaps even better, "toxic CS gas."
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CS gas is the most commonly used, and "CS-gas" could be used instead of "tear gas," or perhaps even better, "toxic CS gas."
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Innocent men, women, and children were attacked with tanks, poison gas (CS gas turns to cyanide when heated), and burned alive.
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Because of the military/police checkpoints, people joining the struggle often have to sneak through the woods and fields to get in and bring supplies (food, water, dry clothes and socks, swimming goggles against CS gas, raincoats).
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During the protest, the police deployed CS gas to disperse the crowd.
Synonyms
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A chemical that makes eyes water and people cough to make crowds move away
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A gas that makes people's eyes burn and makes them cry, used by police to break up crowds
A strong tear gas chemical that causes severe eye and skin burns and breathing problems
A gas that burns the eyes and makes people cry, used by police to break up crowds
Surface Forms
Morphology
CS + gas
Opaque: the element 'CS' is an initialism/chemical code (a specific compound name) that a B1 learner who only knows the word 'gas' will not be able to interpret, and 'gas' alone only yields the general idea of a gaseous substance. The specific meaning—a powerful tear/riot-control agent with health effects—is specialized and not derivable from the constituents without prior exposure or domain knowledge.
Etymology
CS gas is named after two chemists whose last names began with C and S; they made a strong 'tear gas' in a lab and the letters stuck. So CS gas now means the powerful gas police use to make people cry, cough, and leave a place.