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tear gas

non-lethal chemical weapon
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tear gas

Summary

tear gas is a weapon type[1]. It draws 1,314 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_type category, ranking #115 of 694).[2]

Key Facts

  • tear gas's instance of is recorded as weapon type[3].
  • tear gas is a type of non-lethal weapon[4].
  • tear gas is a type of chemical weapon[5].
  • tear gas is a type of gas[6].
  • tear gas is a type of chemical riot control agents[7].
  • tear gas is used for pain infliction[8].
  • tear gas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lachrymatory agents[9].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as eye irritation[10].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as respiratory irritation[11].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as irritant dermatitis[12].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as bleeding[13].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as blindness[14].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as chemical burn[15].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as allergic contact dermatitis[16].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as Corneal scarring[17].
  • tear gas's uses is recorded as lachrymatory agent[18].
  • tear gas's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[19].
  • tear gas's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].

Why It Matters

tear gas draws 1,314 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_type category, ranking #115 of 694).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Human rights, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Has use → pain infliction
    Has effect → eye irritation, respiratory irritation, irritant dermatitis +5
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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