Tear gas, also known as a lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from Latin lacrima 'tear'), sometimes colloquially known as "mace" after the early commercial...
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commonly referred to as CS gas, a tear gas which is used as a riot control agent. Exposure causes a burning sensation and tearing of the eyes to the extent...
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August 2019, police used 1000 tear gas canisters. Then, on the single day of 5 August, police fired more than 800 tear gas canisters in their operations...
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Riot control (redirect from Tear Agent)
detain rioters. Since the 1980s, riot control officers have also used tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, stun grenades, and electric tasers. In some...
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reach a compromise. After 51 days, on April 19, 1993, the FBI launched a tear gas attack in an attempt to force the Branch Davidians out of the compound's...
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Look up teargas or tear gas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tear gas is a non-lethal chemical weapon that cause severe eye and respiratory pain, skin...
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police units deployed tear gas, which triggered a stampede of people in the stadium trying to escape from the effects of the gas. A crush formed at an...
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Pepper spray (redirect from OC gas)
spray, OC spray, capsaicin spray, or capsicum spray is a lachrymator (tear gas) product containing the compound capsaicin as the active ingredient that...
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Chemical weapons in World War I (redirect from Use of poison gas in World War I)
static nature of gas clouds would be most effective. The types of weapons employed ranged from disabling chemicals, such as tear gas, to lethal agents...
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use CR gas in Northern Ireland. CR tear gas was used in suppression of the mutiny in Makati that was led by Sen. Antonio Trillanes. The tear gas was fired...
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