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CS GAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does CS gas mean?
• CS GAS (noun)
The noun CS GAS has 1 sense:
1. a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema
Familiarity information: CS GAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile; CS gas
Hypernyms ("CS gas" 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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