NITROCHLOROMETHANE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("nitrochloromethane" is a kind of...):

lachrymator; lacrimator; tear gas; teargas (a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds)

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