flag-burning

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Noun

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flag-burning (countable and uncountable, plural flag-burnings)

  1. The act of burning a flag, especially the flag of a nation as an act of protest at that nation's activities.
    • 2022 October 1, Ann Wang, Ben Blanchard, “Flag raisings and burnings in Taiwan as some mark China's national day”, in Kim Coghill, editor, Reuters[1], archived from the original on 01 October 2022, Asia Pacific‎[2]:
      Two small Taiwanese groups at far ends of the debate over relations with Beijing marked China's national day on Saturday with flag raisings and flag burnings, very opposite responses at a time of rising tension over the Taiwan Strait.