lachrymator
IPA: ɫˈækrɪmeɪtɝ
noun
- Any substance that causes tears, such as tear gas.
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Examples of "lachrymator" in Sentences
- -- This substance was toxic, a lachrymator, and slightly persistent.
- -- There is hardly need to dwell on the next class, the lachrymator.
- The Allied lachrymator campaign was terribly handicapped by lack of bromine.
- Demolished villages, the only shelter for troops in a desolate area, have been rendered uninhabitable for days by a concentrated lachrymator enemy shoot of less than one hour.
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