Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lachrymator

1 sense of lachrymator

Sense 1
tear gas, teargas, lacrimator, lachrymator -- (a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds)
       => gas -- (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)
       => chemical weapon -- (chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants)