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nounpepper gas (usually uncountable, plural pepper gases)
plural pepper gases
- uncountableusuallySynonym of pepper spray.
Now free to focus exclusively on the rioters, the cops began an offensive of arrest attempts and retaliations with teargas and pepper gas.
1982 December 18, David France, “Protests Drive Klan Rally Out Of Washington”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 1Synonyms: pepper spray
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nounSynonym of pepper spray.
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