PEPPER SPRAY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pepper spray" is a kind of...):

aerosol; aerosol bomb; aerosol can; aerosol container; spray can (a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas))

chemical weapon (chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants)

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