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"Do I think there is gonna be pockets of violence? Yes"

http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2006/tr20060224-12562.html

What's the meaning of "pockets of violence"?

Does it mean "small scale violence", "violence in small areas?" or "violence in small groups"?

Nef · Accepted Answer

Ipodmini
"Do I think there is gonna be pockets of violence? Yes"

http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2006/tr20060224-12562.html

What's the meaning of "pockets of violence"?

Does it mean "small scale violence", "violence in small areas?" or "violence in small groups"?

I'd understand this to mean

violence in various relatively small areas, scattered among larger areas that are calmer.

Marius Hancu · Answer

Could be both areas and groups:

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pocket

6 : a small isolated area or group distinguished (as in substance,
form, contents, or condition) from a larger area or group surrounding
it <pockets of unemployment, scattered across the country -- U.S. News
& World Report> <pockets here and there where the population has
remained unchanged since remotest centuries -- G.O.Williams>:

as a
(1) : a cavity found on or beneath the surface of the ground and
containing a deposit (as of gold, oil, gas, or water) <china clay and
china stone found in great pockets on the surface of the granite
masses -- L.D.Stamp> <an oil pocket underlying the city -- American
Guide Series: Michigan>

(2) : a small body of ore <are not uniformly ore bearing, but rather punctuated
with pockets and sheets of iron ore -- American Guide Series: Minnesota>

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