Non-Lethal Weapons

noun a small grenade filled with tear gas used by law enforcement or military personnel

• The police used tear gas grenades to disperse the crowd during the protest.
• The cops threw tear gas grenades to break up the protest.
• The cops chucked tear gas grenades to scatter the crowd.
• Her words felt like tear gas grenades, causing chaos in the conversation.

noun a type of less-lethal projectile fired from a shotgun used for crowd control

adjective describing the type of round fired from a shotgun

• The police used a baton round to disperse the crowd during the protest.
• Did you see the baton round the cops fired at the unruly mob?
• The cops busted out the baton round on those troublemakers.
• Her sharp words hit him like a baton round, leaving him speechless.