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riot
A	noun
	1	orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
			a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚diversion; recreation ╚celebration; festivity ╚merrymaking; conviviality; jollification ╚revel; revelry ╚orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
	2	riot, public violence
			a public act of violence by an unruly mob
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚aggression; hostility ╚violence; force ╚riot, public violence ╚race riot
	3	belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot
			a joke that seems extremely funny
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚wit; humor; humour; witticism; wittiness ╚joke; gag; laugh; jest; jape ╚belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot
	4	rioting, riot
			a state of disorder involving group violence
		Category Tree: state ╚disorder ╚rioting, riot
B	verb
	1	carouse, roister, riot
			engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night"
		Category Tree: meet; get together ╚celebrate; fete ╚revel; racket; make whoopie; make merry; make happy; whoop it up; jollify; wassail ╚carouse, roister, riot
	2	riot
			take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚rampage ╚riot

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