ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Stone-throwing

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Stone-throwing is a noun meaning The action of throwing one or more stones, often as a form of aggression or assault, or with the intention of causing damage.

Meaning

The action of throwing one or more stones, often as a form of aggression or assault, or with the intention of causing damage.

Example Sentences

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; [...].

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stoneshot, throwing, throw, stoning, stab, hurling.

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