Definition of "tear-gas" [tear-gas]

• To subject to tear gas: "tear-gassed and arrested antiwar demonstrators” ( Pete Hamill). (verb-transitive)

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• "No, it was for a taped session with myself, a Tea Party organizer and a tear-gas dodging, anti-globalization anarchist "giving advice" to Daily Show's Samantha Bee about how to organize a good rally."
• "When rocks and tear-gas canisters aren't flying over the square, it plays host to a largely peaceful cross-section of the Greek nation."
• "As tear-gas canisters began to fall, protesters scurried into back alleys, where many residents had clearly hoped they would be left alone."