Synonym: brawl, mutiny, rebel, revolt, rise up. Antonym: peace. Similar words: period, prior, warrior, prior to, curious, various, scenario, priority. Meaning: ['raɪət] n. 1. a public act of violence by an unruly mob 2. a state of disorder involving group violence 3. a joke that seems extremely funny 4. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity. v. 1. take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot 2. engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking.
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61, Ranks of police in riot gear stood nervously by.
62, Troops were called out to deal with the riot.
63, Riot police fired tear gas into the crowd.
64, Football hooligans ran riot through the town.
65, The garden is a riot of colour in spring.
66, Jim's rose garden is a riot of colour.
67, That might provoke a riot, the very thing he was trying to avoid.
68, He'd put up with a lot of bad behaviour from his son and thought it was time to read him the riot act.
69, About a thousand students fought with riot police in the capital.
70, Twelve inmates have been killed during a riot at the prison.
71, She's an absolute riot!
72, Britain's worst jail riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy.
73, The town's only claim to fame is that there was once a riot there.
74, They had to call the police in order to put down the riot.
75, Riot police fought with militants demonstrating in support of the uprising.
76, Riot police are being deployed throughout the city to prevent any trouble.
77, Manufacturers have let their imaginations run riot to create new computer games.
78, If the police carry on like this they'll have a riot on their hands.
79, The real cause of the riot was unclear, but the occasion was the arrest of two men.
80, Officers dressed in riot gear are surrounding the perimeter fence.
81, About 100 officers in riot gear were needed to break up the fight.
82, There have been a number of clashes between police in riot gear and demonstrators.
83, The incident sparked off a riot which lasted three days.
84, Rising tensions have turned the area into a powder-keg and any incident could set off a riot.
85, There was a short period of uneasy calm after the riot. It can also be used to describe a person's manner:She spoke with icy calm. Calmness is usually used to talk about a person:We admired his calmness under pressure.
86, He turned them in to the police for being involved in the riot.
87, A conservatory offers the perfect excuse to let your imagination run riot.
88, The report on the riot exposed a prison system stretched to breaking point.
89, When he came home drunk again[sentence dictionary], she read him the Riot Act.
90, The march was broken up by police in riot gear.