PUBLIC VIOLENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A public act of violence by an unruly mob

Synonyms:

public violence; riot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("public violence" is a kind of...):

force; violence (an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public violence"):

race riot (a riot caused by hatred for one another of members of different races in the same community)