Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In geology, worn into potholes or ‘giant-kettles.’
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
kettle .
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Examples
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Mr Broadhurst admitted mistakes were made in the way activists were "kettled" - penned in
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Mr Broadhurst admitted mistakes were made in the way activists were "kettled" - penned in
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At one of those demonstrations Yahia and many others were "kettled" - surrounded by a police cordon and slowly let out in return for giving their names and addresses and for being filmed.
Signs of the Times 2010
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The asthma sufferer said she was prevented from leaving an area being "kettled" - a police tactic of enclosing protesters and not allowing them to move on.
unknown title 2009
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The asthma sufferer said she was prevented from leaving an area being "kettled" - a police tactic of enclosing protesters and not allowing them to move on.
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The asthma sufferer said she was prevented from leaving an area being "kettled" - a police tactic of enclosing protesters and not allowing them to move on.
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You can follow updates from them here and on this heavy-handed policing, with campers beaten and forcibly detained - 'kettled' - by officers.
Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk 2009
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Police say protesters may face being "kettled" - contained inside a cordon - if there is a threat of serious disorder.
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Police said protesters may face being "kettled" - contained inside a cordon - if there is a threat of serious disorder.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Police said protesters may face being "kettled" - contained inside a cordon - if there is a threat of serious disorder.
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