Counterriot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Counterriot is a noun meaning A riot triggered by another riot.
Meaning
A riot triggered by another riot.
Example Sentences
For two days and nights, since rumors first stole across the bridge with whispers of 500 rebel Arsiyah put to death in the yard of the Qomr, the fugitive partners had been trapped by riot and counterriot with 15 whores, male and female, among them Hanukkah’s beloved Sarah; the procuress Celestial Hind, supposedly a bastard half-sister of the kagan; a cat; a weasel; and an ill-tempered macaque called Fortunatus, a name that delighted Amram, being “Zelikman” put into Latin.
Word Forms
- counterriots
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rioting, counterraid, counterexplosion, riot, counteraction, counterbarrage.
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