Definition of "flag-burning" [flag-burning]

• The act of burning a flag, especially the flag of a nation as an act of protest at that nation's activities (noun)

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• "What it does is done quietly behind closed doors while out in the open Conservative leaders are talking about flag-burning amendments, gay marriage, and the "Free" market."
• "That notion would contradict past rulings protecting protest speech such as flag-burning that causes no real danger, and in later interviews, Breyer tried to make clear he was not suggesting the high court should strike down Quran burning."
• "Not as threatening to life and limb as the major environmental disaster Hungary faces from poisonous sludge, it is almost impossible to turn on a television set in America without seeing two or three ads about how Candidate X is a corrupt neo-fascist or how Candidate Y is a flag-burning Marxist."