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单词 pepper gas
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pepper gasn.

Brit. /ˈpɛpə ˌɡas/, U.S. /ˈpɛpər ˌɡæs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pepper n., gas n.1
Etymology: < pepper n. + gas n.1
An anti-personnel gas that irritates the throat and nasal passages. Cf. pepper spray n. 2.
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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).
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