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A non-lethal chemical agent derived from peppers used in riot control and personal self-defense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: capsicum spray, OC gas, OC spray, pepper gas
Antonyms: none provided
To douse (someone or something) with pepper spray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a nonlethal aerosol spray made with the pepper derivative oleoresin capiscum; used to cause temporary blindness and incapacitate an attacker; also used as a bear deterrent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aerosol, aerosol container, aerosol can, aerosol bomb, spray can, chemical weapon
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
رشاش الفلفل
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Bengali:
পিপার স্প্রে
(pipar spre)
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Catalan:
gas pebre
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Chinese Cantonese:
胡椒噴霧 /胡椒喷雾
(wu4 ziu1 pan3 mou6)
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Chinese Mandarin:
胡椒噴霧 /胡椒喷雾
(hújiāo pēnwù)
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Czech:
pepřový sprej
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Czech:
pepřák
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Danish:
peberspray
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Dutch:
pepperspray
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Finnish:
pippurisumute
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Finnish:
paprikasumutin
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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French:
gaz poivre
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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French:
gaz poivré
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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French:
poivre de Cayenne
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Georgian:
წიწაკის სპრეი
(c̣ic̣aḳis sṗrei)
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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German:
Pfefferspray
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Hebrew:
תרסיס פלפל
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Hungarian:
paprikaspray
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Hungarian:
paprikaspré
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Hungarian:
paprikaszpré
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Icelandic:
piparúði
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Italian:
gas OC
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Japanese:
トウガラシスプレー
(tōgarashi supurē)
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Korean:
후추 스프레이
(huchu seupeurei)
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Korean:
페퍼 스프레이
(pepeo seupeurei)
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Malay:
penyembur lada
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Malayalam:
പെപ്പർ സ്പ്രേ
(peppaṟ sprē)
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Norwegian:
pepperspray
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Persian:
اسپری فلفل
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Polish:
gaz pieprzowy
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Portuguese:
spray de pimenta
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Russian:
олеорези́н ка́псикум
(oleorezín kápsikum)
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Russian:
перцо́вый аэрозо́ль
(percóvyj aerozólʹ)
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Russian:
перцо́вый газ
(percóvyj gaz)
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Spanish:
aerosol de pimienta
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Swedish:
pepparsprej
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Telugu:
పెప్పర్ స్ప్రే
(peppar sprē)
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Thai:
สเปรย์พริกไทย
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Turkish:
biber gazı
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Turkish:
biber spreyi
— non-lethal riot-control agent
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Vietnamese:
bình xịt hơi cay
— non-lethal riot-control agent
