[ UK /ɹˈa‍ɪ‍ət/ ]
[ US /ˈɹaɪət/ ]
NOUN
  1. a state of disorder involving group violence
  2. a public act of violence by an unruly mob
  3. a joke that seems extremely funny
  4. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
VERB
  1. engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
    They were out carousing last night
  2. take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
    Students were rioting everywhere in 1968
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How To Use riot In A Sentence

  • To equate Tim McVeigh as a patriot is the mark of a sick and disturbed mind. Think Progress » Fox News host Julie Banderas
  • From the past sorrows, we derive our self-respect to love our compatriots.
  • And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them a hundred chariots. 1 Chronicles 18.
  • Missed departure Strike, riot or civil commotion in respect of which a warning has been given prior to the date this insurance is purchased.
  • Instead, segregation has continued despite the fact that some of Oldham's most monocultural schools have been closed and merged since the riots, while others have been moved to different areas to seek a mixed intake. Oldham schools still polarised 10 years on from race riots
  • I really got into gambling in a big way, and ended up playing blackjack with some pretty scary people, but it was a riot.
  • The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid.
  • Six people were killed in the riot, including a policeman.
  • A reporter was dispatched to Naples to cover the riot.
  • Indiscriminate concelebration with Patriotic clergy can't be considered as permitted. Archive 2009-07-01
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