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tear gas

noun as in poisonous gas

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Police responded with tear gas, as people tried to flee.

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Riot police in body armour have then sought to push them back with tear gas and water cannon.

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Local media said police used tear gas after supporters of the visiting team, Labé, threw stones towards the pitch in anger at the referee.

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As he neared the government headquarters, he pointed to the spot where he choked on tear gas for the first time, on 28 September 2014.

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Riot police have been deployed around the country's parliament, the focal point of the ongoing protests, which have have seen police deploy water cannon and tear gas in recent days.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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