riot
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(noun) a public act of violence by an unruly mob |
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Synonyms: public violence |
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Related Words: force, race riot, violence |
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(verb) take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968" |
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Related Words: rampage |
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(noun) a state of disorder involving group violence |
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Synonyms: rioting |
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Related Words: disorder |
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(verb) engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night" |
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Synonyms: carouse, roister |
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Related Words: make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up |
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(noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
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Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, saturnalia |
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Related Words: revel, revelry |
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(noun) a joke that seems extremely funny |
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Synonyms: belly laugh, howler, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow |
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Related Words: gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh, wheeze, yak |
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