cs gas

1. 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

   Synonymschlorobenzylidenemalononitrile

   Broadertear gas

Questions about cs gas

What does cs gas mean?

cs gas means "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".

What is another word for cs gas?

Close synonyms include chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cs gas a common word?

cs gas is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.