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单词 cross burning
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cross burning
cross burning n. U.S. the act or practice of burning a large wooden cross, esp. publicly as an intimidatory tactic, typically associated with the Ku Klux Klan; cf. fiery cross n. 2.
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1924 Sun (Baltimore) 4 Apr. 1/3 The cross-burning caused a stir among Columbia students today.
1963 High Point (N. Carolina) Enterprise 1 Sept. 1/7 There were about 30 hooded and robed Klan members, both men and women, who took part in the cross burning.
1993 K. L. Karst Law's Promise, Law's Expression iv. 97 The Court struck down a city ordinance criminalizing various kinds of hate ‘speech’ (including cross burning, the painting of swastikas, and the like).
2015 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 26 July d3 Could a cross-burning on someone's front lawn by the Ku Klux Klan be considered ‘Christian terrorism’?
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