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to teargas

to teargas

1 6.1
To use a gas that burns people's eyes to make a crowd move away
  • verb
  • /ˈtɪrˌɡæs/
: 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
13 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-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
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

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.