Meanings of pepper gas in English

Police responded with tear and pepper gas and detained dozens of people.

Police retaliated with tear and pepper gas, and rubber bullets.

Police responded with pepper gas, batons and by shooting pellet-filled "bean bags.."

Hi-tech devices abound: sophisticated electroconvulsive stun guns, painful restraints, truth serums, chemicals such as pepper gas.

Police used pepper gas and an acoustic device that emitted an ear-splitting noise to send students fleeing for cover.

Tear and pepper gas have been authorized in Catalonia since 2012 but are used only in exceptional circumstances, police sources said.

Police used pepper gas, bean bag shots and batons to subdue protesters who smashed store windows at banks and other businesses.

Police in body armor with plastic shields threw pepper gas canisters and fired pellet-filled "beanbags" to disperse the protesters, charging in to make some arrests.

"From now on carry your pepper gas on your belt, not in your pocketbook."