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ˈharassing, vbl. n.
[f. harass v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb.
1689W. Dillingham Myst. Iniq. Anatomised 35 The harassing, spoiling, and imprisonment of the Nonconformists. 1842Manning Serm. (1848) I. 238 To be set free from the harassing of indwelling evils.
b. attrib., as harassing agent, a gas intended for use in harassing or incapacitating an enemy, a rioting crowd, etc., without being lethal; also harassing gas.
1968R. Clarke We All fall Down iii. 40 No weapons of any kind are manufactured at Porton, although the harassing agent known as CS was developed there in the early 1950s. 1972W. F. Biddle Weapons Technology & Arms Control xix. 286 The object of a harassing agent is to make it impossible for opposing troops either to stay in an area or to carry out their military duties. Harassing agents are not necessarily intended to be lethal.
1969New Scientist 30 Jan. 219/2 The other major class of agents in use are the harassing gases CS, CN and DM. They are supposedly non-lethal. |