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riot in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
    orgy  debauch  debauchery  saturnalia  riot  bacchanal  bacchanalia  drunken revelry 
  2. a joke that seems extremely funny
    belly laugh  sidesplitter  howler  thigh-slapper  scream  wow  riot 
  3. a public act of violence by an unruly mob
    riot  public violence 
  4. a state of disorder involving group violence
    rioting  riot 
verb
  1. engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
    "They were out carousing last night"
    carouse  roister  riot 
  2. take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
    "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
    riot 
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