{
    "term": "riot",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a situation in which a group of people behave in a violent way in a public place, often as a protest",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "One prison guard was killed when a riot broke out in the jail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was killed in the riots."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shortages eventually led to **food riots**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prison riots broke out over worsening conditions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The city's housing and unemployment problems provoked serious riots."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a riot against bread prices"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the violent draft riots during the Civil War"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Food riots resulted in two deaths and looting throughout the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His arrest caused widespread riots that the government suppressed with brutality."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues", "Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["major", "serious", "full-scale"],
                "verb + riot": ["cause", "incite", "instigate"],
                "riot + verb": ["begin", "break out", "erupt"],
                "riot + noun": ["cop", "police", "squad"],
                "preposition": ["during a/​the riot", "in a/​the riot", "riot against"],
                "phrases": ["run riot"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a collection of a lot of different types of the same thing",
            "sensetop": "riot of something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The garden was a **riot of colour**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The market was a riot of unfamiliar sounds and smells."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A riot of emotions raged through her."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person or an event that is very funny",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The movie is a laugh riot."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to tell somebody with force that they must not do something",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to behave in a way that is violent and/or not under control",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They let their kids run riot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local youths ran riot after the attack."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "rampage"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "if your imagination, a feeling, etc. runs riot, you allow it to develop and continue without trying to control it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "An artist must learn to let his imagination run riot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These prejudices have been allowed to run riot for too long."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to grow and spread quickly",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈraɪət/",
                "audio": "ri/riot/riot__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈraɪət/",
                "audio": "ri/riot/riot__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally in the sense ‘dissolute living’): from Old French riote ‘debate’, from rioter ‘to quarrel’, of unknown ultimate origin."
}