race riot


noun
  1. a riot resulting from animosity or tensions between racial or ethnic groups.

Origin of race riot

1
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

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How to use race riot in a sentence

  • I do not believe that the race relation in Chicago is the better for the race riot.

    The Soul of John Brown | Stephen Graham
  • A little more and that affair could have growed into a first-class race riot.

    Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. Cobb
  • And yet last April this quiet old town was shaken by a race riot.

    Following the Color Line | Ray Stannard Baker
  • It was therefore considered very extraordinary that a race riot should break out in the city.

    The Soul of John Brown | Stephen Graham
  • It was the first race riot that had ever taken place in Knoxville, and all reputable people were sorry for it.

    The Soul of John Brown | Stephen Graham

British Dictionary definitions for race riot

race riot

noun
  1. a riot among members of different races in the same community

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