The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RIOT
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More clues leading to the result RIOT
- Uproar with rubbish around capital of Italy
- Dazzling display in Brazilian port, ahead of time
- Olympic city’s diplomacy is what may keep the peace
- Iodine in decay gives dazzling display
- Great success of small group setting leader back
- City understanding what constitutes warning
- Hilarious character, Judas, perhaps? Not half
- Some conservatoire backing debauchery
- Loyalist taking off Irishman? One keeps us in stitches
- Debauchery leads to rheumatism in old timers
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The straight part
We know that "Dazzling display" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dazzling display = riot.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RIOT mean?
RIOT noun- Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
- The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
- A wide and unconstrained variety.
- Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
- To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
- To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting, luxury, etc.
- To cause to riot; to throw into a tumult.
- To annoy.