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• n  a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds
• v  attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes
  The students were teargassed during the riot

• tear gas
• lacrimator
• lachrymator

News & Articles

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• Turkish police fire teargas, drive thousands from Taksim Square
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish riot police fired volleys of teargas canisters into Istanbul's Taksim Square, center of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, driving thousands into narrow side streets, witnesses said. Police and water cannon vehicles advanced across the square, entirely clearing the north side after a day of skirmishes that had defied the authorities' efforts to restore ...
  June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Turkish riot police enter Istanbul Taksim Square
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Hundreds of Turkish riot police entered Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday, firing teargas to scatter small numbers of protesters who have been staging demonstrations against plans to redevelop an adjoining park, a Reuters witness said. Backed by armored vehicles, police wearing white helmets and carrying shields massed in areas around the square, but there were no clashes ...
  June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Turkish police move into Istanbul square occupied by protesters
  ISTANBUL - Hundreds of Turkish riot police entered Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday, firing water cannon and teargas to scatter small numbers of protesters involved in demonstrations against plans to redevelop a park there, a Reuters witness said.Police removed protesters' banners which had been hung from a building overlooking the square and the local governor said the police had no inten ...
  June 11, 2013 - MSNBC

Quotes

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• Porntip Rojanasunan in Reuters
  We have a lot of RDX (explosive) in the Chinese-made teargas,Porntip Rojanasunan, head of the forensic department, told reporters.
• Desmond Tutu in Independent Online
  Desmond Tutu told the congregation that it was "almost like a struggle funeral, except that there is no teargas".
• Qiangba Puncog in Hindu
  We showed maximum restraint. We did not use lethal weapons. No guns were used. We only used teargas and water cannon,Tibet Autonomous Regional Government Chairman, Governor Qiangba Puncog told a news conference, as he singled out the "Dalai...