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Lachrymatory   Listen
Lachrymatory

adjective
1.
Relating to or prompting tears.  Synonym: lacrimatory.






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"Lachrymatory" Quotes from Famous Books



... little or no ground was gained. The enemy artillery devoted themselves principally to counter battery work, and several British batteries, which were ill concealed, had a most unpleasant time. Free use was made of lachrymatory shell, our first taste of it. One clear, moonlight night the battery was firing at a slow rate, and apparently the enemy saw our flashes, for he speedily turned a 4.2 battery on to us, his shells landing just short of each gun pit. No casualties ...
— Three years in France with the Guns: - Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery • C. A. Rose



Words linked to "Lachrymatory" :   tear, lacrimatory



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