"pepper spray" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. A non-lethal chemical agent derived from peppers used in riot control and personal self-defense. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: capsicum spray, OC gas, OC spray, pepper gas Translations (non-lethal riot-control agent): رشاش الفلفل (Arabic), পিপার স্প্রে (pipar spre) (Bengali), gas pebre (Catalan), 胡椒噴霧 (Chinese Cantonese), 胡椒喷雾 (wu⁴ ziu¹ pan³ mou⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 胡椒噴霧 (Chinese Mandarin), 胡椒喷雾 (hújiāo pēnwù) (Chinese Mandarin), pepřový sprej (Czech), pepřák [colloquial, masculine] (Czech), peberspray (Danish), pepperspray (Dutch), pippurisumute (Finnish), paprikasumutin (Finnish), gaz poivre [masculine] (French), gaz poivré [masculine] (French), poivre de Cayenne [masculine] (French), წიწაკის სპრეი (c̣ic̣aḳis sṗrei) (Georgian), Pfefferspray [neuter] (German), תרסיס פלפל (Hebrew), paprikaspray (Hungarian), paprikaspré (Hungarian), paprikaszpré (Hungarian), piparúði [masculine] (Icelandic), gas OC (Italian), トウガラシスプレー (tōgarashi supurē) (Japanese), 후추 스프레이 (huchu seupeurei) (Korean), 페퍼 스프레이 (pepeo seupeurei) (Korean), penyembur lada (Malay), പെപ്പർ സ്പ്രേ (peppaṟ sprē) (Malayalam), pepperspray (Norwegian), اسپری فلفل (Persian), gaz pieprzowy (Polish), spray de pimenta (Portuguese), олеорези́н ка́псикум (oleorezín kápsikum) [masculine] (Russian), перцо́вый аэрозо́ль (percóvyj aerozólʹ) [masculine] (Russian), перцо́вый газ (percóvyj gaz) [masculine] (Russian), aerosol de pimienta (Spanish), pepparsprej [common-gender] (Swedish), పెప్పర్ స్ప్రే (peppar sprē) (Telugu), สเปรย์พริกไทย (Thai), biber gazı (Turkish), biber spreyi (Turkish), bình xịt hơi cay (Vietnamese)
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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pepper spray.wav Forms: pepper sprays [present, singular, third-person], pepper spraying [participle, present], pepper sprayed [participle, past], pepper sprayed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} pepper spray (third-person singular simple present pepper sprays, present participle pepper spraying, simple past and past participle pepper sprayed)
  1. (transitive) To douse (someone or something) with pepper spray. Tags: transitive Synonyms: pepper-spray Related terms: capsaicin
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Inflected forms

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          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "رشاش الفلفل"
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          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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          "word": "胡椒噴霧"
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          "roman": "hújiāo pēnwù",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "pepřový sprej"
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          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "pippurisumute"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "gaz poivre"
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          "word": "poivre de Cayenne"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣ic̣aḳis sṗrei",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "წიწაკის სპრეი"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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          "word": "Pfefferspray"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "תרסיס פלפל"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "paprikaspray"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "paprikaspré"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "paprikaszpré"
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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          "word": "piparúði"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "gas OC"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tōgarashi supurē",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "トウガラシスプレー"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "huchu seupeurei",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "후추 스프레이"
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "pepeo seupeurei",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "페퍼 스프레이"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "penyembur lada"
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "peppaṟ sprē",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "പെപ്പർ സ്പ്രേ"
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "اسپری فلفل"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "gaz pieprzowy"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
          "word": "spray de pimenta"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oleorezín kápsikum",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "олеорези́н ка́псикум"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "percóvyj aerozólʹ",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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          "word": "перцо́вый аэрозо́ль"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "percóvyj gaz",
          "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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      "roman": "c̣ic̣aḳis sṗrei",
      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
      "word": "წიწაკის სპრეი"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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      "roman": "huchu seupeurei",
      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
      "word": "spray de pimenta"
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      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
      "word": "aerosol de pimienta"
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      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "peppar sprē",
      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
      "word": "పెప్పర్ స్ప్రే"
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      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
      "word": "สเปรย์พริกไทย"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
      "word": "biber gazı"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
      "word": "biber spreyi"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "non-lethal riot-control agent",
      "word": "bình xịt hơi cay"
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