Order and Rioting

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Order noun - The way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another.

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Rioting is an antonym for order.

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

Rioting noun - A state of disorder involving group violence.

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Order is an antonym for rioting in topics: uprising, very funny happening.

Nearby Words: riot, riotous, rioter, rioted

This was done in order to allow the Riddler to sneak in undetected into STAR LABs property as the police were busy trying to quell the crowd from rioting.

Source: Rabble Rouser
The Council's original plan was to have an "accident" to buy themselves the necessary time, but when the population does learn of this news, instead of rioting enough people volunteer to be culled in order to ensure the survival of their loved ones.

Source: Series / The 100
In a later book, they perch around a square where a mob is rioting in order to feed off the fear...and then swoop down to save children who were about to be trampled.

Source: Friend to All Children

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