anti-riot

adjective

an·​ti-ri·​ot ˌan-tē-ˈrī-ət  ˌan-tī- 

: serving or intended to prevent or stop riots

anti-riot barricades

anti-riot police squads

Examples of anti-riot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Videos showed police beating back agitators with batons and deploying anti-riot ordnance as the demonstrators chanted against the country's conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a massive political rally. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026

Police parked anti-riot vehicles in a central Belgrade area to block the demonstrators from returning, and the violence soon ended. — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026

Police parked anti-riot vehicles in a central Belgrade area to block the demonstrators from returning and the violence soon ended. — CBS News, 23 May 2026

Videos the inmates took on Thursday morning from inside their cells showed heavily armed special troops, wearing anti-riot gear, standing and smoking outside. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above