public violence

1. 1.

   a public act of violence by an unruly mob

   Synonymsriot

   Broaderviolence

   Narrowerrace riot

Questions about public violence

What does public violence mean?

public violence means "a public act of violence by an unruly mob".

What is another word for public violence?

Close synonyms include riot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.