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Noun riot has 4 senses
- riot, public violence - a public act of violence by an unruly mob
--1 is a kind of violence, force
--1 has particulars: race riot
- rioting, riot - a state of disorder involving group violence
--2 is a kind of disorder
- belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot - a joke that seems extremely funny
--3 is a kind of joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape
- orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
--4 is a kind of revel, revelry
Verb riot has 2 senses
- riot - take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
--1 is one way to rampage
Sample sentence:
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- carouse, roister, riot - engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night"
--2 is one way to revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail
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