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riot

noun as in uprising, disorder

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noun as in very funny happening

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verb as in protest; cause an uproar

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When the strike broke out, guards responded in riot gear and placed several participants alone in confinement, advocates and detainees say.

The Headhunters returned to L.A. in August with the Fab Four to play two shows at the Hollywood Bowl just weeks after the Watts riots.

Some of Williams’ papers had been stored in a bank, which was burned in the 1992 riots that consumed the city in the wake of the Rodney King verdict.

Eight people have gone on trial accused of rioting which caused "mayhem" and "carnage" in Ely, Cardiff, two years ago.

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The knife attack, carried out by Axel Rudakubana, was followed by a wave of riots and unrest.

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