riot
/ˈrɑɪ·ət/ n [C]Definition
› 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 /ˈrɑɪ·ət/ v [I] › Inmates rioted yesterday at the prison. rioter /ˈrɑɪ·ət̬·ər/ n [C] › The police said 80 rioters had been arrested.
(Definition of riot n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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