lachrymatory gas

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"What he was proposing to use in Mesopotamia was lachrymatory gas, which is essentially tear gas, not mustard gas."

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2015

Just before we reached Albert we passed through a cloud of lachrymatory gas, which made me weep copious tears for nearly half an hour.

From Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 by Buckley, Francis

Opening my door, I encountered the not unpleasant smell of lachrymatory gas.

From Pushed and the Return Push by Nichols, George Herbert Fosdike

In addition to high explosive he now began to send over for the first time "lachrymatory" gas shells, having a sweet smell and doing little harm except to make our eyes water.

From The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by Weetman, W. C. C.