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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Use "flag-burning" in a sentence
"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."