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Kettling
Meaning
Noun
●
A
crowd control
technique
, used by
police
, where a
hostile
group of
protesters
or
rioters
are
surrounded
and not
allowed
to
disperse
, sometimes with the use of
temporary
fencing
to
corral
and
isolate
portions
of the group.
●
The
situation
where water
gets
trapped
in the
heat exchanger
of a
boiler
(e.g. due to
limescale
build-up
),
resulting
in
knocking
sounds
as it
turns into
expanding
steam.
Verb
●
present participle
and
gerund
of kettle
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