as in screams
someone or something that is very funny
she's such a riot at parties
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Recent Examples of riots
Some of the efforts appear decentralized, coordinated on large neighborhood Signal chats that date back to the 2020 riots over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
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Sarah Bedford, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Two police officers who responded to the riots sued over the issue last year, asking a judge to compel the Architect of the Capitol — who oversees the complex — to display the plaque.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
The 120-year-old Craftsman home in the middle of the Hollywood Center Motel had survived earthquakes, flooding, riots, a murder investigation and the raucous force of the rock-n-roll era.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
But a religious savant’s preparations to be mummified occur against the backdrop of food shortages, riots, and a communications blackout from the rest of the Imperial Radch… which sounds like Ooioiaa going out with more of a bang than a whimper.
—Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
Following the Watts riots in Los Angeles, Kwanzaa was created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, professor and chairman of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Dec. 2025
There were riots, and a government representative on the theater’s board argued for censoring the play.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
The flashback scene begins with riots over House's company, RobCo Industries, and its innovations stealing jobs, and then cuts to a bar, where a group of angry, blue-collar workers are watching House on TV.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Dec. 2025
Enforcement of these laws led to mob violence and the mass displacement of Black communities, such as the 1829 riots in Cincinnati.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for riots
Noun
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About his screams to the crowd.—
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Normally, scent voices are mere whispers compared to the screams and angry shouts of humans, but in that section, certain sensitive plant species shrieked incessantly because of their proximity to plants that hindered their growth.—
Noun
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Cowboy and cowgirl hoots and hollers complement the rumbling of the massive animals’ hooves as they’re rounded up into the corrals.—
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There are hoots and hollers from raucous tourists on Bourbon Street, for example.—
Noun
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Not all of the jokes work, but even the grumpiest theatergoers will find plenty of laughs.—
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But the comedians also used those laughs to reveal the fundamental absurdity of violence and conflict.—
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“Riots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riots. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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