irritant
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The substance is believed to have been an irritant spray, identified by authorities as likely containing capsaicin - which is found in chilli peppers.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Those measures remain a major irritant as the three nations renegotiate the North American economic pact this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
"It turns out that a specific irritant receptor is 30 times less sensitive in snow flies than in mosquitoes and fruit flies," Gallio said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
Video footage from witnesses showed Pretti holding his phone and filming agents before he was sprayed by a chemical irritant and taken to the ground by federal agents.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
He was an irritant to the state because of his sharp questions and attempts to show that the state was the violator of laws, not the Congress.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing irritant
John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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"Introduction to Homeland Security," Vocabulary from Chapter 3
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