kettled
Penned in tightly
Kettled describes protesters or crowds who have been confined by police into a restricted area, prevented from leaving.
The tactic—called kettling—involves forming cordons to contain people, sometimes for hours.
The word comes from the image of being trapped in a kettle: Demonstrators were kettled in the square for six hours without water.
Surrounding enemy forces completely
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
- confinementState of being restricted
- crowdLarge public gathering
- policeCivil law enforcement
demonstration · barricade · blockade · tactics · restriction · containment · standoff · dispersal
encirclement
Surrounding enemy forces completely
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
- confinementState of being restricted
- crowdLarge public gathering
police · demonstration · barricade · blockade · tactics · restriction · containment · standoff · dispersal · siege
encirclement
Surrounding enemy forces completely
flanking · maneuver · ambush · surround · trap · cordon · deployment · blockade · guerrilla · skirmish
boil
Heat to bubbling point
steep · infuse · teapot · stovetop · whistle · heat · hot · scald · percolate · vapor
kettledreleased
Set free from confinement
freed · dispersed · liberated · let go · uncorralled
kettleddispersed
Spread widely apart
scattered · broken up · cleared out · moved on · tear-gassed
- tea kettleVessel for boiling water
- electric kettleAppliance that heats water
- kettle cornSweetened popcorn variety
- pot calling the kettle blackCriticizing faults you share
- kettle drumTunable hemispherical drum
- kettle chipsBatch-cooked potato crisps
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