How do you use Teargas in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like gas, plus the exact meaning.
Teargas meaning
Alternative spelling of tear gas.
Synonyms of Teargas
Using Teargas
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of tear gas.
- Useful related words include: gas, tear gas, lacrimator, lachrymator.
- In the example corpus, teargas often appears in combinations such as: fired teargas, teargas shells, teargas and.
Context around Teargas
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Teargas
- In this selection, "teargas" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fired, used, firing, shells, inhalation and bombs stand out and add context to how "teargas" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also used teargas shells on and began using teargas on peaceful. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "teargas" sits close to words such as aam, baptists and basements, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with teargas
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Police used teargas shells, water cannons and batons to disperse the protesters. (12 words)
Police used several rounds of teargas to disperse the crowd, which then left the area. (15 words)
The police came into action and opened lathicharge and also used teargas shells on the agitators to disperse them. (19 words)
The indefinite rail and rasta roko agitation called by the Karnataka Farmers Association went off peacefully except in Chikmagalur district where police fired teargas shells and resorted to lathi charge to disperse stone-throwing farmers. (35 words)
Government forces fired bullets, shotgun pellets and teargas at a large anti-India protest that hit the streets and threw stones at the troops shortly after the news of the rebel leader’s killing spread. (35 words)
Mr Daudi Hiriga Were, the Kiira Region police commander, who headed the operation, said Bobi Wine had flouted their orders to follow certain routes which led the of police to fire teargas at the supporters. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Earlier, thick black smoke had billowed from a central university campus in Dakar, where protesters set several buses alight in the afternoon and threw rocks at riot police who responded by firing teargas.
Police earlier Friday fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters but they later regrouped to vent their anger and demand that President Chandrikapersad Santokhi and Vice President Ronnie Brunswijk resign.
Simultaneously, Israeli occupation forces stormed the neighboring villages of Burin and Einabus, firing toxic gas canisters towards civilians, resulting in several individuals suffering from suffocation due to teargas inhalation.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said that 112 Palestinians were wounded during the raid on Beita, which lasted for hours, including three who were hit with teargas bombs.
The police came into action and opened lathicharge and also used teargas shells on the agitators to disperse them.
Thirty-three were hit with live ammunition, 10 injured by rubber-coated bullets, 69 treated for teargas inhalation, five injured by shrapnel, eight were physically assaulted and one was stabbed by an Israeli settler.
Armed policemen on Tuesday used teargas to disperse sacked Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmakers from the premises of the Plateau State House of Assembly.
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Jordanian security forces have reportedly prevented hundreds of protesters from reaching the Jordan-Israel border, firing heavy teargas canisters at protesters.
Farmers move away after police fired teargas shell to disperse them during their 'Delhi Chalo' march at Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border, near Patiala.
Objecting to dropping of teargas shells from the drones in Punjab territory by Haryana police, Patiala deputy commissioner S Ahmed on Wednesday wrote to his Ambala counterpart Shaleen to refrain from such acts.
Police used several rounds of teargas to disperse the crowd, which then left the area.
Police used teargas shells, water cannons and batons to disperse the protesters.
The indefinite rail and rasta roko agitation called by the Karnataka Farmers Association went off peacefully except in Chikmagalur district where police fired teargas shells and resorted to lathi charge to disperse stone-throwing farmers.
The move forced the law enforcers to come in and started firing teargas to disperse them resulting in running battles.
A queer solidarity march in New York City took a violent turn as police officers began using teargas on peaceful protestors.
Government forces fired bullets, shotgun pellets and teargas at a large anti-India protest that hit the streets and threw stones at the troops shortly after the news of the rebel leader’s killing spread.
He was led out of Kamuli Town by police officers who had earlier fired teargas to disperse the unrelenting crowds.
Like the goons from a post-apocalyptic movie, they moved in, with their armoured vehicles, their stun grenades and teargas and their water cannon.
Mr Daudi Hiriga Were, the Kiira Region police commander, who headed the operation, said Bobi Wine had flouted their orders to follow certain routes which led the of police to fire teargas at the supporters.
Police fired teargas and "less-than-leathal" projectiles into the crowd, leaving some protesters bloodied and bruised and blinded.
Common combinations with teargas
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- fired teargas 19×
- teargas shells 13×
- teargas and 12×
- teargas to 11×
- used teargas 10×
- teargas at 9×
- of teargas 8×
- teargas canisters 6×
- and teargas 6×
- with teargas 5×