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crowd control

crowd control noun: the supervision and control of a crowd of people, to keep the crowd orderly.

Noun

crowd control (uncountable)

  1. The supervision and control of a crowd of people, to keep the crowd orderly.
  2. The intentional impairing or disabling of multiple targets, often through the use of abilities or effects.

Verb

crowd control (third-person singular simple present crowd controls, present participle crowd controlling, simple past and past participle crowd controlled)

  1. To impair or disable multiple targets, often through the use of abilities or effects.

Forms of crowd control

Noun
alternative formcrowd-control
alternative formcrowdcontrol
alternative formCC
Verb
third-person singular presentcrowd controls
present participlecrowd controlling
past participlecrowd controlled
pastcrowd controlled

Words formed from crowd control

Questions about crowd control

What does crowd control mean?
Crowd control means the supervision and control of a crowd of people, to keep the crowd orderly.
What part of speech is crowd control?
Crowd control can be a noun or a verb.

Words near crowd control in the dictionary

  1. Crowcombe Heathfield
  2. crowd
  3. crowd art
  4. crowd catch
  5. crowd catches
  6. crowd control
  7. crowd control barrier
  8. crowd control barriers
  9. crowd disease
  10. crowd diseases
  11. crowd in

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