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CHEMICAL MACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chemical Mace mean? 

CHEMICAL MACE (noun)
  The noun CHEMICAL MACE has 1 sense:

1. (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilizationplay

  Familiarity information: CHEMICAL MACE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHEMICAL MACE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Chemical Mace; Mace

Hypernyms ("Chemical Mace" is a kind of...):

chloroacetophenone; CN gas (a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer)

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)


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