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pepper-spray

pepper-spray is the alternative form of pepper spray.

Meaning of pepper spray

Noun

pepper spray (usually uncountable, plural pepper sprays)

  1. (usually) A non-lethal chemical agent derived from peppers used in riot control and personal self-defense.
    • The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

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Forms of pepper-spray

Noun
pluralpepper-sprays
Verb
third-person singular presentpepper-sprays
present participlepepper-spraying
past participlepepper-sprayed
pastpepper-sprayed

Questions about pepper-spray

What is pepper-spray the alternative form of?
Pepper-spray is the alternative form of pepper spray.

Words near pepper-spray in the dictionary

  1. pepper-pot
  2. pepper-pots
  3. pepper-potted
  4. pepper-potting
  5. pepper-shinned loon
  6. pepper-spray
  7. pepper-sprayed
  8. pepper-spraying
  9. pepper-sprays
  10. pepperade
  11. Pepperall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pepper-spray (page history and authors); pepper spray (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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