Rioting and Violence

Rioting

Rioting noun - A state of disorder involving group violence.

Violence and rioting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Violence" instead a noun "Rioting".

Nearby Words: riot, riotous, rioter, rioted

Violence

Violence noun - The use of brute strength to cause harm to a person or property.

Rioting and violence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rioting" instead a noun "Violence".

Nearby Words: violent, violently

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Soylent Green His actions will only trigger yet more rioting/violence as the masses seek to avoid cannibalism, and acquire real food: a short and limited stockpile for the rich.
  • For the four of them and everyone else, the fun of having an entire shopping mall to themselves soon gives way to food shortages, fights, agitation, gang violence, rioting, and disgusting bathrooms.
  • Literature / The Given Day Oblivious and ignorant to the violence, Coolidge gives orders for the men to go home, repeatedly insisting to Peters that there is no rioting to be put down.
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