Definitions for riots
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1. riots

   A riot is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people. Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The property targeted varies depending on the riot and the inclinations of those involved. Targets can include shops, cars, restaurants, state-owned institutions, and religious buildings.Riots often occur in reaction to a grievance or out of dissent. Historically, riots have occurred due to poverty, unemployment, poor living conditions, governmental oppression, taxation or conscription, conflicts between ethnic groups (race riot) or religions (sectarian violence, pogrom), the outcome of a sporting event (sports riot, football hooliganism) or frustration with legal channels through which to air grievances.While individuals may attempt to lead or control a riot, riots typically consist of disorganized groups that are frequently "chaotic and exhibit herd behavior." There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that riots are not irrational, herd-like behavior (sometimes called mob mentality), but actually follow inverted social norms.Dealing with riots is often a difficult task for police forces. They may use tear gas or CS gas to control rioters. Riot police may use less-than-lethal methods of control, such as shotguns that fire flexible baton rounds to injure or otherwise incapacitate rioters for easier arrest.

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1. Riots

   A form of violent crowd behavior which expresses the emotional release of resentments and prejudices, usually relevant to grievances toward the social system.

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1. rösti

2. tiros

3. torsi

4. trios

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of riots in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of riots in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of riots in a Sentence

1. Rush Limbaugh:

   The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.

2. Emi Nijiya:

   I think a lot of people think that these riots are not part of our history and that they don't do anything, this was our way of saying yes, this is justified and it is something we should be fighting for. We need to be fighting for change.

3. Vicky Osterweil:

   Looting strikes at the heart of property, of whiteness and of the police, it gets to the very root of the way those three things are interconnected. And also, it provides people with an imaginative sense of freedom and pleasure and helps them imagine a world that could be. And I think that's a part of it that doesn't really get talked about – that riots and looting are experienced as sort of joyous and liberatory.

4. Scott Olson/Getty Images:

   I just saw that as a trend that I couldn't get behind. And as the election approached … no one was sure of the outcome, but … if Trump won again, I was really afraid of riots breaking out, and I did not feel safe, and I wanted to get out for the inauguration. So I came to Florida in October and stayed with friends and looked at real estate. I bought something within two weeks.

5. Seth Hurwitz:

   It took decades to come back from those riots.

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1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riots