NOUN
- 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
How To Use pepper spray In A Sentence
- The protesters have also filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages and an injunction against certain uses of pepper spray.
- In between dodging the baddies, Lafcadia helps an old blind woman cross a river and meets up with a young thief, whose main line of defense is a pot of chili pepper - the original pepper spray.
- Pepper spray and projectile weapons seem to be par for the course by this time in our city.
- The fights in Seattle were broken up with pepper spray when as many as 4,000 people crowded into the streets.
- The three crew were injured because they shot themselves in the face with pepper spray (also known as capsicum spray). YubaNet.com
- Steny Hoyer demanded colleagues risk a faceful of pepper spray and #occupy the House floor. HUFFPOST HILL - GOP Lawmaker Proposes Christmas Cuddle Summit
- The officers blasted him with pepper spray.
- Only the police have resorted to violence, using pepper spray and, during arrests, bloodying the mostly young protesters. Sarah van Gelder: Where the 99% Get Their Power
- Riot police fended them off with round upon round of teargas and pepper spray. Times, Sunday Times
- The weapon of torture was the chemical Oleoresin Capsicum, known as pepper spray, swabbed into their eyes with a Q-tip.
