Meaning

1 senses

  1. To use tear gas.

    The riot squad tear gassed the mob.

Examples

38 sentences

  1. The police responded with tear gas.

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  2. Tear gas was fired into the building.

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  3. Is tear gas really safe to use?

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  4. It looks like the tear gas worked.

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  5. Tear gas was fired into the crowd.

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Forms

tear gases, tear gassing, tear gassed, tear gassed
Base formtear gas · to tear gas
3rd person singulartear gases
Present participletear gassing
Past simpletear gassed
Past participletear gassed

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytear gas
he, she, ittear gases

Past simpleLesson

all personstear gassed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tear gassed
he, she, ithas tear gassed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tear gas

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
teamworkB1teapottearB1teardroptearfultearfullytearoom
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