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
The city’s fragile race relations had crumbled with Rodney King, Latasha Harlins and the 1992 riots.
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Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
That video sparked an outcry against police brutality and riots when the officers were eventually exonerated.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
When the Liberty City location was engulfed during the McDuffie riots on May 17, 1980, toxic flames were visible on both sides of the Miami mainland for six days.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The bar was raided by the NYPD in 1969, leading to riots that became known as the Stonewall Uprising, which is credited with kickstarting the modern LGBTQ+ movement.
—Deena Zaru, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
The be-ins, the marches, and the riots had mostly subsided, leaving a strange quiet in their place.
—Andrew Durbin, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
It’s meant to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in which LGBT protesters clashed with police over six days.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2026
If Rasmus Dahlin doesn’t win this year’s Mark Messier Leadership Award, there will be riots at Rankings HQ.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Those riots kickstarted the LGBTQ+ rights movement in America, and beyond.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
That video sparked an outcry against police brutality and riots when the officers were eventually exonerated.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
When the Liberty City location was engulfed during the McDuffie riots on May 17, 1980, toxic flames were visible on both sides of the Miami mainland for six days.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The bar was raided by the NYPD in 1969, leading to riots that became known as the Stonewall Uprising, which is credited with kickstarting the modern LGBTQ+ movement.
—Deena Zaru, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
The be-ins, the marches, and the riots had mostly subsided, leaving a strange quiet in their place.
—Andrew Durbin, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
It’s meant to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in which LGBT protesters clashed with police over six days.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2026
If Rasmus Dahlin doesn’t win this year’s Mark Messier Leadership Award, there will be riots at Rankings HQ.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Those riots kickstarted the LGBTQ+ rights movement in America, and beyond.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for riots
Noun
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Some reported hearing the same unnerving screams in other parts of the state.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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Heard some screams, plates, glasses, silverware hitting the ground, and then everybody was yelling, get down.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Wiseman said to hoots from the crowd of media gathered at the site.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Owl hoots are most effective at striking up turkeys when owls are naturally active, which is around dawn and dusk.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Some of the masterminds behind NBC‘s Saturday Night Live Season 51 brought the laughs all the way from Studio 8H to the DGA Theater to break down the process behind keeping the iconic sketch comedy engine running after more than five decades for Deadline Contenders TV.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
25 Apr. 2026
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Their laughs and chatter fill the countryside and one another’s hearts, the merriment binding them all together like caterpillars in one big cocoon.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Riots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riots. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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