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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91, They hurled defiant taunts at the riot police, who responded in kind.
92, After the riot, 32 people were taken into police custody.
93, The police officer fended off the blows with his riot shield.
94, The police were in full riot gear, with shields and helmets.
95, They were killed in an exchange of gunfire between riot police and demonstrators.
96, The riot left four people dead and several dozen injured.
97, Six people were killed in the riot, including a policeman.
98, Riot police hurled tear gas canisters and smoke bombs into the crowd.
99, They were angry to the point of erupting into riot.
100, The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid.
101, If the kids don't settle down soon, I'll go up and read them the riot act.
102, I'm glad you read the riot act to Billy. He's still a kid and still needs to be told what to do.
103, What began as a minor scuffle turned into a full-scale riot.
104, Fans ran riot after the match, overturning cars and looting shops.
105, Police in riot gear used their powers under the Public Order Act to move on 300 protesters.
106, The market was a riot of unfamiliar sounds and smells.
107, These prejudices have been allowed to run riot for too long.
108, The protesters ran into a solid phalanx of riot police.
109, The sudden appearance of a few bags of rice could start a riot.
110, The military were called in to deal with the riot.
111, The crowd threw petrol bombs at the police, who responded by donning riot gear.
112, I met Mike's brother for the first time - he's a riot.
113, Since the riot, the city has been a powder keg waiting to explode.
114, Inflation is running riot and prices are out of control.
115, This evidence meshes with earlier reports of an organized riot.
116, Police in riot gear were in attendance as a precautionary measure.
117, Demonstrators clashed with riot police in an explosion of anger at live animal exports.
118, All the cacti were in flower,[http://sentencedict.com/riot.html] so that the desert was a riot of colour.
119, An artist must learn to let his imagination run riot.
120, The front rank of the riot squad raised their shields.