riotnoun
uk/ˈraɪ.ət/us/ˈraɪ.ət/C1 [ C ] a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled public meeting:
Inner-city riots erupted when a local man was shot by police.
[ S ] old-fashioned informal a very funny or entertaining occasion or person:
"How was the party?" "It was great - we had a riot."
I met Mike's brother for the first time - he's a riot.
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- In the riot, the statues were toppled from their pedestals.
- Police used tear gas to put the riot down.
- The weeks following the riots were extremely tense.
- The prison riots have sharpened the debate about how prisons should be run.
- According to unconfirmed reports, two people were killed in the riots last night.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Social order & disorder
- anarchic
- anarchism
- anarchist
- anarchy
- ASBO
- breach
- disturb
- havoc
- instability
- lawless
- mayhem
- organized chaos
- pandemonium
- tinderbox
- turbulence
- turbulent
- turmoil
- unrest
- upheaval
- water cannon
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Taking action against people in power
General words for fun
Idiom(s)
a riot of colour
run riot
riotverb [ I ]
uk/ˈraɪ.ət/us/ˈraɪ.ət/C2 to take part in a riot:
Students are rioting in the streets of the capital.
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Taking action against people in power
- anarchist
- angry young man
- bring
- bring sb down
- counter-revolution
- insurgent
- mujahideen
- mutineer
- mutiny
- overthrow
- palace coup
- partisan
- poacher
- put sth down 1
- ringleader
- riotous
- rising
- secede
- state of emergency
- uprising
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Social order & disorder
rioter
noun [ C ] uk/ˈraɪ.ə.tər/us/ˈraɪ.ə.t̬ɚ/
Police and rioters clashed violently.
rioting
noun [ U ] uk/ˈraɪ.ə.tɪŋ/us/ˈraɪ.ə.t̬ɪŋ/
The government is afraid of further serious rioting today.