Antonyms for riotingri·ot·ing

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1. • Disorder

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1. rioting, riotnoun

   a state of disorder involving group violence

   Synonyms:
   orgy, debauch, bacchanalia, sidesplitter, howler, drunken revelry, scream, public violence, riot, belly laugh, saturnalia, bacchanal, wow, thigh-slapper, debauchery

How to use rioting in a sentence?

1. Guenter Boehm:

   The looting and the rioting was terrible, all that was not nice but we were so busy surviving we had no time to feel hate.

2. Mark Robinson:

   I think it would have probably encouraged more rioting. And( the rioters would have) felt supported. If the presidential motorcade came in support of them. So I think the insurrectionists probably would have felt as though they had the support of the President.

3. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.

4. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:

   Freedom of speech is valuable to all Americans, but rioting and criminal activity is no way to exercise that right.

5. President Francois Hollande:

   People have a right to protest, but rioting is an offence that will be punished.

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