pepper-spray

A form of pepper spray — A non-lethal chemical agent derived from peppers used in riot control and personal self-defense.

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Meanings

nounpepper-spray (usually uncountable, plural pepper-sprays)

plural pepper-sprays

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of pepper spray.
verbpepper-spray (third-person singular simple present pepper-sprays, present participle pepper-spraying, simple past and past participle pepper-sprayed)

present singular third person pepper-sprays · participle present pepper-spraying · participle past pepper-sprayed · past pepper-sprayed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pepper spray.

    On November 18, 2011, the officer dispassionately pepper-sprayed a line of several nonviolent protesters sitting on the ground at the university, who flinched and covered their faces but remained passive with their arms interlocked, as onlookers shrieked and screamed out for the officer to stop.

    2013 October 24, Crimesider Staff, “John Pike, Calif. officer who pepper-sprayed student protesters, awarded $38,000”, in CBS News
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APA

pepper-spray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pepper-spray

MLA

“pepper-spray.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pepper-spray. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pepper-spray,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pepper-spray.

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