riot
/ˈɹaɪ.ət/ verb C2- To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition. · The nuclear protesters rioted outside the military base.
- To cause to riot; to throw into a tumult.
- To annoy.
He/she/it riots · Past rioted · Past participle rioted · -ing form rioting
Verb forms
- Base form
- riot
- He/she/it
- riots
- Past
- rioted
- Past participle
- rioted
- -ing form
- rioting
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Prim, right-angled paths neatly bordered with clamshells, intersected it like moist red ribbons and in the beds between old-fashioned flowers ran riot.
I just feel tired of everything sensible and I’m going to let my imagination run riot for the summer.
I’ll only let it run riot within reasonable limits.
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