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Definition of lachrymatory:

°Pertaining to or causing tears.
"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,"
°A vase intended to hold tears, formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in Roman burials.
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Definition of lachrymatory:

°Pertaining to or causing tears.
"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,"
°A vase intended to hold tears, formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in Roman burials.

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