violent confrontation
C34256
concept
A violent confrontation is an intense, hostile encounter between individuals or groups in which physical force or threats are used to assert power, resolve conflict, or inflict harm.
Observed surface forms (3)
- mob violence incident ×2
- assault ×1
- mob violence ×1
Instances (6)
- January Events (1991)
- burning of Bower Hill
- Caning of Charles Sumner via concept surface "assault"
- Baltimore riot of 1812 via concept surface "mob violence incident"
- Porteous Riots via concept surface "mob violence"
- Murder at Carthage Jail via concept surface "mob violence incident"