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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The action of throwing one or more stones, often as a form of aggression or assault, or with the intention of causing damage..
Porcelain insulators, though generally successful, have proved vulnerable to malicious stone-throwing and particularly in bad weather they have been liable to fracture in flashover where there are many steam locomotive movements; [...].
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Stone-throwing means The action of throwing one or more stones, often as a form of aggression or assault, or with the intention of causing damage..
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Porcelain insulators, though generally successful, have proved vulnerable to malicious stone-throwing and particularly in bad weather they have been liable to fracture in flashover where there are many steam locomotive movements; [...].
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