teargas
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds
Types & categories
- chemical weapon hypernym
- gas hypernym
- chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile hyponym
- chloroacetophenone hyponym
- nitrochloromethane hyponym
Sense 2 verb
attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes
The students were teargassed during the riot
Types & categories
- gas hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical weapon |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gas |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chloroacetophenone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nitrochloromethane |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | gas |