| NOUN | artifact | pepper spray | a nonlethal aerosol spray made with the pepper derivative oleoresin capiscum |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Broader | aerosol, aerosol container, aerosol can, aerosol bomb, spray can | A dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas) |
| chemical weapon | chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants | |
| Catalan | gas pebre | |
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