kettling
[ ket-ling, ket-l-ing ]
/ ˈkɛt lɪŋ, ˈkɛt l ɪŋ /
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a crowd control technique, in which a line of police officers encircles demonstrators and confines them in a contained area known as a kettle: Coverage of the protests has focused on the controversial use of kettling.
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Words nearby kettling
kettledrum, kettle hat, kettle hole, kettle of fish, kettle stitch, kettling, ketubah, Keturah, Ketuvim, Keuka Lake, keV
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How to use kettling in a sentence
Christmas Eve is celebrated by a performance known as “tin-kettling,” in which all join.
Spinifex and Sand|David W Carnegie