stone-throwing
Casting rocks outward
Stone-throwing is the act of hurling rocks, typically as a form of protest, attack, or provocation.
It appears in contexts ranging from political unrest to childhood mischief: The demonstration turned violent when stone-throwing began.
The compound functions as both noun and adjective: stone-throwing protesters, a history of stone-throwing.
Strap-based support or launcher
- slingerOne who throws projectiles
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- trebuchetCounterweight-powered projectile launcher
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
projectile · ballista · ammunition · missile · hurling · defensive · fortification · rampart
Act of completely ruining
- graffitiIllegal surface markings
- riotingViolent public disturbance
- lootingTheft during disorder
- hooliganismViolent, disorderly behavior
mischief · delinquency · malicious · trespass · storefront · windshield · car · building
Public display of opinion
- intifadaArab popular rebellion
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- riotViolent public disturbance
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
confrontation · rally · resistance · agitation · unrest · dissent · barricade · police
sling
Strap-based support or launcher
- slingerOne who throws projectiles
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- trebuchetCounterweight-powered projectile launcher
siege · projectile · ballista · ammunition · missile · hurling · defensive · fortification · rampart · battlement
destruction
Act of completely ruining
hooliganism · mischief · delinquency · malicious · trespass · storefront · windshield · car · building · projectile
demonstration
Public display of opinion
clash · confrontation · rally · resistance · agitation · unrest · dissent · barricade · police · crackdown
execution
Completing a planned task
- shariaMuslim canonical jurisprudence
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
apostasy · heresy · sentence · verdict · retribution · biblical · condemnation · morality · cruelty · pelting
skimming
Passing lightly over
ripples · splash · beach · shoreline · pastime · game · aim · bounce · childhood · target
stone-throwingpeaceful demonstration
Calm collective public objection
nonviolent resistance · peaceful protest · nonviolent protest · civil disobedience · passive resistance
stone-throwingshielding
Protecting from harm
catching · dodging · taking cover · fleeing · retreating
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