lacrimator

lac·ri·ma·tor

 (lăk′rə-mā′tər)

n.

Variant of lachrymator.

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lacrimator

(ˈlækrɪˌmeɪtə) ,

lachrymator

or

lacrymator

n

(Elements & Compounds) a substance causing an increase in the flow of tears. See teargas

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lach•ry•ma•tor

or lac•ri•ma•tor

(ˈlæk rəˌmeɪ tər)

n.

a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.

[1915–20; < Latin lacrimā(re) to shed tears (see lachrymatory) + -tor]

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Noun

1.

lacrimator - a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds lachrymator, tear gas, teargas chemical weapon - chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, CS gas - a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema chloroacetophenone, CN gas - a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer nitrochloromethane - gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas gas - a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

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