rioted
past simple and past participle ofriot
riot
verb[I]
uk/ˈraɪ.ət/us/ˈraɪ.ət/C2
to takepartin a riot:
Students are rioting in thestreetsof thecapital.
Taking action against people in power
- anarchist
- angry young man
- anti-apartheid
- anti-revolutionary
- anti-state
- insurgency
- insurrection
- jihadi
- mujahideen
- mutineer
- rebelliously
- rebelliousness
- recusant
- red flag
- revolt
- subversively
- subversiveness
- suicide bomber
- terrorist
- topple
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Social order & disorder
Examplesofrioted
rioted
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The young people who hated the police, and who in factriotedagainst the police, now have telephone links and use walkie-talkies with the police.
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As wasriotedin the report, human error cannot be eliminated altogether in the compilation of such a large body of data.
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They neverriotedor cut people's throats, because sentencing was more severe.
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Four hundred youthsriotedin the city centre.
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Will he investigate what happened two nights ago, when a crowd inside and outside that hospitalriotedbecause the police tried to arrest a person who was hijacking a car?
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Some prisonersrioted; others escaped.
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It will beriotedthat it is only an application, and the criterion of having a closed shop accepted are so rigorous that an application can perfectly well be rejected.
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The case involved charges the minersriotedwhen confronted with strikebreakers, but only one man was convicted.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Farmers were one of several politicized groups thatriotedon the streets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Because the serfs had no political power, theyriotedto get their message across.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After seeing the film, which was filled with action and violence, audiences in some major northern citiesriotedover the film's racial content.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Much of the crowdriotedloudly, and the actors performed the remainder of the play in dumbshow.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Pursuant to the provisions, prisonersriotedand the attackers were in their positions, but never got the truck to rescue the prisoners.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To express their feelings, students boycotted examinations,rioted, arranged marches in sympathy with the strikers or political prisoners, circulated petitions, or wrote antigovernment propaganda.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Those in opposition of the reformrioted, and seized grain that came in on shipments.
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