Pepper spray alternative Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. an official who carries a mace of office
2. (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

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ALTERNATIVE (adjective)
1. serving or used in place of another
2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
ALTERNATIVE (noun)
1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
PEPPER (verb)
1. attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
2. add pepper to
PEPPER (noun)
1. pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
2. climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

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