counterriot
counterriot noun: a riot triggered by another riot.
Noun
counterriot (plural counterriots)
- A riot triggered by another riot.
- 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...2007 April 15, Michael Chabon, “‘Gentlemen of the Road’”, in New York Times
Forms of counterriot
| plural | counterriots |
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Origin of counterriot
From counter- + riot.
Questions about counterriot
- What does counterriot mean?
- Counterriot means a riot triggered by another riot.
- What part of speech is counterriot?
- Counterriot is a noun.
- What is the plural of counterriot?
- The plural of counterriot is counterriots.
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