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riot

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1. riot - Noun

2. riot - Verb

Meaning

Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.

Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.

The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.

To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.

To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3.

To spend or pass in riot.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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They were out carousing last night Source: Internet

Students were rioting everywhere in 1968 Source: Internet

A city run by crime, with a riot of architectural styles. Source: Internet

Additionally, even if the white hospitals had admitted blacks because of the riot, against their usual segregation policy, injured blacks had little means to get to these hospitals, which were located across the city from Greenwood. Source: Internet

After the 2013 election results, disputed by Hun Sen's opposition, demonstrators were injured and killed in Cambodia in protests in the capital where a reported 20,000 protesters gathered, some clashing with riot police. Source: Internet

A game of cat-and-mouse reminiscent of last year’s often violent demonstrations followed, with protesters blocking roads before running away from riot police charging with batons, only to re-emerge elsewhere. Source: Internet

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