Mayhem vs. Riot
Mayhemnoun
A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
‘What if the legendary hero Robin Hood had been born into the mayhem of the 20th century ?’; ‘In all the mayhem, some children were separated from their partners.’; ‘She waded into the mayhem, elbowing between taller men to work her way to the front of the crowd.’; ‘The clowns would dart into the crowd and pull another unsuspecting victim into the mayhem of the ring’;
Riotnoun
Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
Mayhemnoun
Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.
‘The fighting dogs created mayhem in the flower beds.’;
Riotnoun
The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
Mayhemnoun
(legal) The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.
Riotnoun
A wide and unconstrained variety.
Mayhemnoun
(legal) The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
Riotnoun
(obsolete) Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
Mayhemnoun
The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.
Riotverb
To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
‘The nuclear protesters rioted outside the military base.’;
Mayhemnoun
Violent disorder, especially such as causes serious harm to persons or damage to property.
Riotverb
(obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, etc.
Mayhemnoun
the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person
Riotnoun
Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
‘His headstrong riot hath no curb.’;
Mayhemnoun
violent and needless disturbance
Riotnoun
Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
‘Venus loveth riot and dispense.’; ‘The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day.’;
Mayhemnoun
violent or extreme disorder; chaos
‘complete mayhem broke out’;
Riotnoun
The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
Mayhemnoun
the crime of maliciously injuring or maiming someone, originally so as to render them defenceless.
Riotverb
To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.
‘Now he exact of all, wastes in delight,Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law.’; ‘No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.’;
Riotverb
To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3.
Riotverb
To spend or pass in riot.
‘[He] had rioted his life out.’;
Riotnoun
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
Riotnoun
a state of disorder involving group violence
Riotnoun
a joke that seems extremely funny
Riotnoun
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Riotverb
take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot;
‘Students were rioting everywhere in 1968’;
Riotverb
engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making;
‘They were out carousing last night’;
Riot
A riot () is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people. Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private.
