单词 | pepper gas |
释义 | pepper gasn. An anti-personnel gas that irritates the throat and nasal passages. Cf. pepper spray n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > fire, radiation, or chemical weapons > [noun] > gas poison gas1816 gas1897 mustard gas1917 tear-gas1917 yperite1917 mustard1918 phosgene1918 riot gas1930 war gas1934 nausea gas1936 nerve gas1940 tear-smoke1946 Sarin1951 Soman1951 pepper gas1968 stun gas1968 pepper spray1986 1968 Sunday Dominion-Post (Morgantown, W. Virginia) 1 Sept. 1/4 Police at Berkeley, Calif., sprayed the downtown area with tear gas and a sneeze inducing ‘pepper gas’ early Saturday to disperse a crowd. 1973 R. Hayes Hungarian Game xlvi. 281 When Michael didn't open the door, they began filling the room with pepper gas. 1996 Independent 5 Nov. i. 6/8 A spokesman for Ireland's Prison Officers Association called for pepper gas and mace to be provided to prison escorts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1968 |
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