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

1 sense of nitrochloromethane

Sense 1
nitrochloromethane -- (gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas)
       => tear gas, teargas, lacrimator, lachrymator -- (a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds)