1919: It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas. — Winston Churchill, "1919 War Office Memorandum"
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Lachrymatory
//ˈlækɹɪmətəɹi//
Synonyms for "lachrymatory" (7 found)
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20 translations across 9 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- արցունքաբեր adj (causing tears)
Bulgarian
2 entries- сълзотворен adj (causing tears)
- лакримарий noun (vase intended to hold tears)
Finnish
3 entries- kyynel adj (causing tears)
- kyynelvuotoa aiheuttava adj (causing tears)
- kyynelmalja noun (vase intended to hold tears)
French
3 entries- lacrymatoire adj (causing tears)
- lacrymogène adj (causing tears)
- lacrymatoire noun (vase intended to hold tears)
Ido
3 entries- lakrimifanta adj (causing tears)
- lakrimiganta adj (causing tears)
- lakrimovazo noun (vase intended to hold tears)
Polish
2 entries- łzawiący adj (causing tears)
- łzawnica noun (vase intended to hold tears)
Portuguese
2 entries- lacrimogéneo adj (causing tears)
- lacrimogêneo adj (causing tears)
Russian
2 entries- слезоточи́вый adj (causing tears)
- слезни́ца noun (vase intended to hold tears)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lakrimarij noun (vase intended to hold tears)
- lakrimonij noun (vase intended to hold tears)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
1658: For beside these Lachrymatories, notable Lamps with Vessels of Oyles and Aromaticall Liquors attended noble Ossuaries. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)
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