pepper-gasv.
/ˈpɛpəˌɡas/, U.S. /ˈpɛpərˌɡæs/ transitive. To spray or attack with pepper gas.
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1970 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald Times 15 May 2 m/4 I've been pepper gassed thrice this week, once while going to chemistry lab.
1973 Black Panther 17 Nov. 5/4 The 38 have been beaten, peppergassed, maced, isolated, harrassed and now intimidated.
1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) v. 313 The Israeli policeman assigned to guard the settlers pushed the elderly patriarch onto the ground, hit him, then pepper-gassed both him and his monastic entourage.
2003 Seattle Weekly (Nexis) 27 Aug. 24 One man was arrested and 20 others were pepper-gassed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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