RIOT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of riot in English riotnoun uk /ˈraɪ.ət/ us /ˈraɪ.ət/ Add to word list Add to word list C1 [ C ] an occasion when a large number of people behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in public, often as a protest: Food protests and riots have erupted in more than 30 countries. [ 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.

• 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.

Social order & disorder

• anarchic
• anarchically
• anarchism
• anarchist
• anarchistic
• bedlam
• disorganized
• ferment
• free-for-all
• havoc
• in ferment
• instability
• maelstrom
• race riot
• ragged
• rioting
• riotousness
• social exclusion
• turbulence
• turbulent

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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. Taking action against people in power

• anarchist
• angry young man
• anti-apartheid
• anti-state
• bring
• insurgency
• insurrection
• level up phrasal verb
• mutineer
• mutinous
• recusant
• red flag
• revolt
• revolution
• revolutionarily
• subversively
• subversiveness
• topple
• troublemaker
• ungovernable

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rioter rioting (Definition of riot from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

riot | American Dictionary

riotnoun [ C ] us /ˈrɑɪ·ət/ Add to word list Add to word list a noisy and violent public gathering: The streets in this district include South Central Los Angeles, where the riots broke out two years ago. infml A riot is also something very amusing: [ C usually sing ] The show was a riot.

riot

verb [ I ] us /ˈrɑɪ·ət/ Inmates rioted yesterday at the prison.

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noun [ C ] us /ˈrɑɪ·ət̬·ər/ The police said 80 rioters had been arrested. (Definition of riot from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of riot?

Translations of riot

in Chinese (Traditional) 暴亂, 騷亂, 聚衆鬧事… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 暴乱, 骚乱, 聚众闹事… See more in Spanish disturbio, disturbio [masculine, singular]… See more in Portuguese motim, tumulto [masculine], provocar distúrbios… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian दंगल, दंगल करणे… See more 暴動, 騒動, 暴動（ぼうどう）… See more gösteri, kargaşa, ayaklanma… See more émeute [feminine], provoquer une émeute, émeute… See more disturbi… See more rel, oproer maken… See more ஒரு பெரிய எண்ணிக்கையிலான மக்கள் பொதுவில் சத்தமாகவும், வன்முறையாகவும் மற்றும் கட்டுப்பாடற்ற முறையில் நடந்துகொள்ளும் ஒரு சந்தர்ப்பம், பெரும்பாலும் எதிர்ப்பாக… See more उपद्रव, दंगा, प्रायः एक सार्वजनिक स्थान पर किया गया सामूहिक हिंसक व्यवहार… See more રમખાણ, હુલ્લડ, તોફાને ચડવું… See more optøjer, lave optøjer… See more upplopp, kravaller, ställa till (delta i) upplopp… See more kekacauan, merusuh… See more der Aufruhr, randalieren… See more opptøyer [neuter, plural], lage opptøyer… See more فساد, دنگا, فساد میں حصہ لینا… See more бунт, бунтувати… See more అల్లర్లు / బహిరంగంగా పెద్ద సంఖ్యలో ప్రజలు తరచుగా నిరసన చేస్తూ గోలగా హింసాత్మకంగా, నియంత్రణ లేకుండా ప్రవర్తించే సందర్భం, అల్లర్లలో పాల్గొను… See more দাঙ্গা, হট্টগোল, দাঙ্গা-হাঙ্গামা করা… See more pouliční bouře, dělat výtržnosti… See more huru-hara, membuat kerusuhan… See more การก่อความไม่สงบ, ก่อความไม่สงบ… See more cuộc bạo loạn, nổi loạn… See more zamieszki, rozruchy, brać udział w rozruchach lub zamieszkach… See more 폭동, 시위… See more rivolta, sommossa, disordine… See more Need a translator?

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• anti-riot
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• riot gear
• riot police
• riot squad
• run riot idiom
• read (someone) the riot act idiom

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