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  2. RIOT definition: 1. an occasion when a large number of people behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in…. Learn more.

  3. a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets. Synonyms: melee, fray, brawl, outbreak.

  4. When there is a riot, a crowd of people behave violently in a public place, fighting, and damaging buildings and vehicles. Specific exclusions such as fraud, war, riot, and civil commotion, are often written into the contract to limit the liability of the insurer.

  5. The meaning of RIOT is a violent public disorder; specifically : a tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled together and acting with a common intent. How to use riot in a sentence.

  6. riot. noun. /ˈraɪət/. /ˈraɪət/. Idioms. [countable] a situation in which a group of people behave in a violent way in a public place, often as a protest. One prison guard was killed when a riot broke out in the jail. He was killed in the riots. Shortages eventually led to food riots.

  7. 1. a. a disturbance made by an unruly mob or (in law) three or more persons; tumult or uproar. b. (as modifier): a riot gun; riot police; a riot shield. 2. boisterous activity; unrestrained revelry. 3. an occasion of boisterous merriment. 4. slang a person who occasions boisterous merriment.

  8. A riot is a violent outburst by a crowd. When the principal didn't declare a snow day, even with five inches on the ground already, students rioted, gathering outside and throwing snowballs.

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