crowd control
To impair or disable multiple targets, often through the use of abilities or effectsTo impair or disable multiple targets, often through the use of abilities or effects.
» The police managed to keep the crowd under control.
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1 sensesTo impair or disable multiple targets, often through the use of abilities or effects.
Examples
2 sentencesThe police managed to keep the crowd under control.
In the early part of my study, I allude to work that had already been done on the psychology of crowd-control.
deIm ersten Teil meiner Untersuchung beziehe ich mich auf Arbeiten, die bereits auf dem Feld der Psychologie der Kontrolle von Massen gemacht worden sind. — Tamy
Forms
crowd controls, crowd controlling, crowd controlled, crowd controlled| Base form | crowd control · to crowd control |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | crowd controls |
| Present participle | crowd controlling |
| Past simple | crowd controlled |
| Past participle | crowd controlled |
regular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.