Hatchetation

Origin

hatchet + -ation, coined by Carrie Nation (1846-1911) to describe her own acts of vandalism. Possibly a pun on agitation?

Full definition of hatchetation

Noun

1. A violent protest against the drinking of alcohol in which the protester attacks the bar with a hatchet.
• 1936, Laurence Greene, America goes to press: the news of yesterdayI tell you I was strongly tempted to perform a little hatchetation on them. And cigarette smoke? Phew!
• 1976, Frederick Feikema Manfred, Milk of wolvesThey'd carry on worse than Carry Nation did in all her hatchetations.
• 1978, Joan Swallow Reiter, The WomenCarry's last hatchetation
• 1999, Karen Joy Fowler, Black glass: short fictions...a more confrontational shot: Carry in battle dress, threatening the photographer with hatchetation.
• 2001, Fran Grace, Carry A. Nation: retelling the lifeAnnie Diggs, a noted suffragist and nationally renowned Populist who later applauded Carry Nation's hatchetation of saloons, gave a lecture in Holton on "The Social Evil."
• 2002, Bonnie C Harvey, Carry A. Nation: Saloon Smasher and ProhibitionistCarry Nation's hatchetation, or joint-smashing displays, helped pave the way for the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment...