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riot

noun

1. A quarrel, fight, or disturbance marked by very noisy, disorderly, and often violent behavior:

Informal: fracas.

Slang: rumble.

2. Slang. Something or someone uproariously funny or absurd:

Informal: hoot, joke, laugh, scream.

Slang: gas, howl, panic.

Idiom: a laugh a minute.

verb

To behave riotously:

Informal: hell (around).

Idioms: blow off steam, cut loose, kick over the traces, kick up one's heels, let go, let loose, make merry, make whoopee, paint the town red, raise Cain, whoop it up.

phrasal verb
riot away

To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:

Slang: blow.

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And we begin our round-up of yesterday's action elsewhere with Spennymoor Town, who ran riot away against Alfreton Town by thrashing them 7-1.

Birtley Town ran riot away to a depleted Ponteland hitting no less than 10 goals.

ALL EIGHT UP Zander Sutherland nets one of his two goals as Brora run riot away at Christie Park

Rampant Town ran riot away from home in the Northern League top flight relegation clash to claw above their shell-shocked hosts.

Before the break-up of Yugoslavia, Red Star thugs took part in an infamous riot away to Dinamo Zagreb from Croatia in May 1990.

England were one riot away from expulsion from Euro 2000 by UEFA because of the hooliganism that accompanied them.

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