Sentence examples for capsicum spray from inspiring English sources

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capsicum spray

noun

A pepper spray (aerosol mace), notably made with peppers from the genus Capsicum.

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Capsicum spray had been ineffective.

Capsicum spray was used as scuffles broke out.

Some protesters wore face masks and protective glasses on Saturday to guard against capsicum spray.

Police used a stun gun and capsicum spray to subdue him in the Townsville watchhouse.

Police also used capsicum spray and eventually had to Taser the man to get control of him".

Seven people were arrested at the Melton demonstration, including a 29-year-old who allegedly attacked a police horse and was subdued with capsicum spray.

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Quantitative analysis of capsaicinoids in fresh peppers, oleoresin capsicum and pepper spray products.

Police forces increasingly favour pepper spray (oleoresin capsicum) over CN, because it works faster and is less toxic.

"We were told that the Challenger camps are, paradoxically, the only camps at which staff are authorized to carry O.C. spray," wrote federal civil rights investigators in a 2008 report to county authorities, referring to oleoresin capsicum, known as pepper spray.

Pepper spray — or, more formally, oleoresin capsicum — is the Probation Department's last-resort response to fights or other violence at several of the county's facilities.

- Pepper spray's main active ingredient is oleoresin capsicum (OC) -- oil extracted from a genus of peppers known as capsicum (the same kinds of peppers used in salsa, spices, and even some analgesics).

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