n. 25B6; noun
a riot in the capital : UPROAR, commotion, upheaval, disturbance, furore, tumult, melee, scuffle, fracas, fray, brawl, free-for-all; violence, fighting, vandalism, mayhem, turmoil, lawlessness, anarchy; N. Amer. informal wilding; Law, dated affray.
the garden was a riot of colour : MASS, sea, splash, show, exhibition.
25B6; verb the miners rioted : (GO ON THE) RAMPAGE, run riot, fight in the streets, run wild, run amok, go berserk; informal raise hell.
25A0; run riot
the children ran riot : (GO ON THE) RAMPAGE, riot, run amok, go berserk, go out of control; informal raise hell.
the vegetation has run riot : GROW PROFUSELY, spread uncontrolled, grow rapidly, spread like wildfire; burgeon, multiply, rocket.