race riot

/ˌreɪs ˈraɪət/
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Other forms: race riots

Definitions of race riot
  1. noun
    a riot caused by hatred for one another of members of different races in the same community
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    type of:
    public violence, riot
    a public act of violence by an unruly mob
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