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riot
Anoun
orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
 a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
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riot, public violence
 a public act of violence by an unruly mob
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belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot
 a joke that seems extremely funny
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rioting, riot
 a state of disorder involving group violence
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Bverb
carouse, roister, riot
 engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night"
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riot
 take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
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act; move
rampage
riot

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