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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
rioting
    n 1: a state of disorder involving group violence [syn:
         rioting, riot]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Riot \Ri"ot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rioted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Rioting.] [OF. rioter; cf. OD. ravotten.]
   1. To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton
      manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the
      like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.
      [1913 Webster]

            Now he exact of all, wastes in delight,
            Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law. --Daniel.
      [1913 Webster]

            No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.
                                                  --Pope.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Law) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or
      sedition. See Riot, n., 3. --Johnson.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Rioting:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
assault, attack, battering, butchery, disorderliness, forcible seizure, killing, laying waste, looting, massacre, obstreperousness, onslaught, pillaging, rape, riot, sacking, slaughter, sowing with salt, unruliness, violation
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