Melee, civil disturbance, or violent protest

noun

1. A violent public disorder
2. Public violence, tumult, or disorder
3. A random or disorderly profusion

   "the woods were a riot of color"

4. One that is wildly amusing

   "the new comedy is a riot"

5. Profligate behavior debauchery
6. Unrestrained revelry
7. Noise, uproar, or disturbance made by revelers

verb

1. To create or engage in a riot
2. To indulge in revelry or wantonness

noun

1. A vigorous reprimand or warning

noun

1. A girl or woman who participates in a feminist punk movement and subculture

   "Thirty years ago, the riot grrrls raged against the patriarchy's ills …"

2. Feminist punk music

   "Introduce that young aspiring punk in your life to riot grrrl with an essential album from one of the greatest bands of the irreverent, feminist subgenre."

noun

1. A small arm used to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death

adjective

1. Serving or intended to prevent or stop riots

   "anti-riot barricades"

noun

1. A riot caused by racial dissensions or hatreds

adjective

1. Of, relating to, occurring in, or being a time before a riot

   "preriot conditions/incidents"

verb

1. To learn from what one has seen or found in writing or printing
2. To deliver aloud by or as if by reading
3. To check (something, such as copy or proof) for errors
4. To interpret the meaning or significance of

   "read palms"

5. Foretell, predict

   "able to read his fortune"

6. To learn the nature of by observing outward expression or signs

   "reads him like a book"

7. To note the action or characteristics of in order to anticipate what will happen

   "a good canoeist reads the rapids"

8. To anticipate by observation of an opponent's position or movement

   "read a blitz"

9. To attribute a meaning to (something read) interpret

   "how do you read this passage"

10. To attribute (a meaning) to something read or considered

    "read a nonexistent meaning into her words"

11. To use as a substitute for or in preference to another word or phrase in a particular passage, text, or version

    "read hurry for harry"

12. Indicate

    "the thermometer reads zero"

13. To interpret (a musical work) in performance
14. To acquire (information) from storage
15. To read the coded information on (something, such as a CD)

    "I had a minor problem with the disk drive in that the machine would not read the disk the first time it was powered up each day but had to be turned off and back on again."

16. To perform the act of reading words read something
17. To yield a particular meaning or impression when read
18. To be readable or read in a particular manner or to a particular degree

    "this book reads smoothly"

19. To consist of specific words, phrases, or other similar elements

    "a passage that reads differently in older versions"

verb

1. To go faster than a walk
2. To move at a fast gallop
3. Flee, retreat, escape

   "dropped the gun and ran"

4. To utilize a running play on offense
5. To go without restraint move freely about at will

   "let chickens run loose"

6. To keep company consort

   "a ram running with ewes"

7. To sail before the wind in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled
8. Roam, rove

   "running about with no overcoat"

9. To go rapidly or hurriedly hasten

   "run and fetch the doctor"

10. To go in urgency or distress resort

    "runs to mother at every little difficulty"

11. To make a quick, easy, or casual trip or visit

    "ran over to borrow some sugar"

12. To contend in a race
13. To enter into an election contest

    "will run for mayor"

14. To move on or as if on wheels glide

    "file drawers running on ball bearings"

15. To roll forward rapidly or freely
16. To pass or slide freely

    "a rope runs through the pulley"

17. To ravel lengthwise

    "stockings guaranteed not to run"

18. To sing or play a musical passage quickly

    "run up the scale"

19. To go back and forth ply

    "the train runs between New York and Washington"

20. To migrate or move in considerable numbers
21. Turn, rotate

    "a swiftly running grindstone"

22. Function, operate

    "the engine runs on gasoline"

23. To accompany as a valid obligation or right

    "a right-of-way that runs with the land"

24. To continue to accrue or become payable

    "interest on the loan runs from July 1"

25. To pass from one state to another

    "run into debt"

26. To flow rapidly or under pressure
27. Melt, fuse
28. Spread, dissolve

    "colors guaranteed not to run"

29. To discharge liquid (such as pus or serum)

    "a running sore"

30. To develop rapidly in some specific direction
31. To tend to produce or develop a specified quality or feature

    "they run to big noses in that family"

32. To lie in or take a certain direction

    "the boundary line runs east"

33. To lie or extend in relation to something
34. To go back reach
35. To occur persistently

    "musical talent runs in the family"

36. To exist or occur in a continuous range of variation

    "shades run from white to dark gray"

37. To spread or pass quickly from point to point

    "chills ran up her spine"

38. To be current circulate

    "speculation ran rife"

39. To cause (an animal) to go rapidly ride or drive fast
40. To bring to a specified condition by or as if by running

    "ran himself to death"

41. To go in pursuit of hunt, chase

    "dogs that run deer"

42. To follow the trail of backward trace

    "ran the rumor to its source"

43. To enter, register, or enroll as a contestant in a race
44. To put forward as a candidate for office
45. To carry (the football) on a running play
46. To drive (livestock) especially to a grazing place
47. To provide pasturage for (livestock)
48. To keep or maintain (livestock) on or as if on pasturage
49. To accomplish or perform by or as if by running

    "ran a great race"

50. To slip or go through or past

    "run a blockade"

51. To travel on in a boat

    "run the rapids"

52. To cause to penetrate or enter thrust

    "ran a splinter into her toe"

53. Stitch
54. To cause to pass lead

    "run a wire in from the antenna"

55. To cause to collide

    "ran his head into a post"

56. Smuggle

    "run guns"

57. To cause to pass lightly or quickly over, along, or into something

    "ran her eye down the list"

58. To cause or allow (a vehicle or a vessel) to go in a specified manner or direction

    "ran the car off the road"

59. Operate

    "run a lathe"

60. To direct the business or activities of manage, conduct

    "run a factory"

61. To employ or supervise in espionage

    "run an agent"

62. To be full of or drenched with

    "streets ran blood"

63. Contain, assay
64. To cause to move or flow in a specified way or into a specified position

    "run cards into a file"

65. To cause to produce a flow (as of water)

    "run the faucet"

66. To melt and cast in a mold

    "run bullets"

67. Treat, process, refine

    "run oil in a still"

68. To make oneself liable to incur

    "ran the risk of discovery"

69. To mark out draw

    "run a contour line on a map"

70. To permit (charges) to accumulate before settling

    "run a tab at the bar"

71. Cost

    "rooms that run $50 a night"

72. To produce by or as if by printing
73. To carry in a printed medium print

    "every newspaper ran the story"

74. To make (a series of counts) without a miss

    "run 19 in an inning in billiards"

75. To lead winning cards of (a suit) successively
76. To alter by addition

    "ran his record to six wins and four losses"

77. To make (a golf ball) roll forward after alighting
78. To eject (a player, coach, or manager) from a game

    "Ron Luciano ran Weaver early in game one of a doubleheader in 1975, and then ran him again during the lineup meeting prior to the start of game two."