riot

riot
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ major, serious
▪ full-scale
▪ bloody, violent
▪ deadly (esp. AmE)
▪ inner-city (esp. BrE), street, urban
▪ prison
▪ race
▪ political, religious
▪ anti-American, anti-war, etc.
▪ student
▪ bread, food
▪

Shortages eventually led to food riots.

▪ draft (esp. AmE)
▪

the violent draft riots during the Civil War

▪ laugh (AmE)
▪

The movie is a laugh riot.

VERB + RIOT
▪ cause, incite, instigate, provoke, spark (esp. BrE), start, trigger
▪

The city's housing and unemployment problems provoked serious riots.

▪ put down, quell, stop
▪ have
▪

The city had the worst race riot in history.

RIOT + VERB
▪ begin, break out, erupt, happen, occur, start
▪

Prison riots broke out over worsening conditions.

▪ ensue, follow
RIOT + NOUN
▪ cop (esp. AmE), police, squad
▪ gear, gun (esp. AmE), helmet (esp. AmE), shield
▪ control
PREPOSITION
▪ during a/the riot, in a/the riot
▪

He was killed in the riots.

▪ riot against, riot over
▪

a riot against bread prices

PHRASES
▪ run riot
▪

Local youths ran riot after the attack.


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