riot
noun
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
rioted
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past participleof riot.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof riot.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
riotnouna noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
Example Sentences
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When prisoners rioted over the conditions, their eloquent spokesman Jones was extensively quoted in the press, catching the attention of a church leader.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
Dunn said officers wanted acknowledgment for those members of law enforcement who were present at the insurrection, as well as accountability from those who rioted.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2025
In October 1962, federal marshals escorted Meredith as he enrolled as the first Black student at the University of Mississippi, while white people rioted on the Oxford campus.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
Caught between the collapse of wages and the loss of land, peasants rioted across Europe.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
Austria-Hungary, threatened with a complete breakdown of order as people in the cities starved and rioted, signed an armistice agreement on November 3.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
