melee
1or mê·lée
a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
confusion; turmoil; jumble: the melee of Christmas shopping.
Games. of or relating to close-range or hand-to-hand combat, especially in video games and role-playing games, but also in some other tabletop games: I don't enjoy playing melee jobs like Monk or Warrior—I prefer to snipe from afar with an archer or even a mage.You can choose any melee weapon type, but most players prefer daggers since the polearm was nerfed in an expansion last year.
Origin of melee
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a group of diamonds, each weighing less than 0.25 carat.
Origin of melee
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How to use melee in a sentence
His crew either perished in the melee or were hanged in New Orleans.
The Buccaneers embody Tampa’s love of pirates. Is that a problem? | Jamie Goodall | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostSomehow, Capitol food service operations still appeared to be up and running through the melee.
Inside the assault on the Capitol: Evacuating the Senate | Paul Kane | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostThe event ended, deplorably, in a riotous melee that police had to break up.
In HBO’s magnificent Bee Gees documentary, broken hearts — and icon status — can finally be mended | Hank Stuever | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostTen members of the group were eventually charged following the violent melee, with two ultimately sentenced to serve four-year terms in prison in October 2019.
Although a dozen or more coalitions may enter the melee, only one can emerge victorious.
Blood, death, and eye gouging: welcome to the world of acorn woodpeckers | Kate Baggaley | September 9, 2020 | Popular-Science
In fact, Clark fell back first from her blows, losing his cap, tie, and badge in the melee.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ | Gary May | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was Orlando vs. Justin in an Ibiza melee with two highly unlikely opposing parties.
The Bloom-Bieber Brawl We Didn’t Know We Needed | Kevin O’Keeffe | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey made one last charge for the airport, and when the riot police blocked them again a melee ensued.
Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution | Jason McGahan | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Kurds entered a buffer zone on the Turkish border and in the melee at least four protestor were wounded.
Kobani Still Stands Against ISIS and All Odds. But for How Long? | Jamie Dettmer | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Silva, hapless Silva, got his merely for tangling with the Colombian goalkeeper in a clumsy melee of limbs.
No one of his people had seen the melee from which he had emerged so ingloriously, yet humiliation was terrible.
The Way of an Indian | Frederic RemingtonThree or four of George's companions were engaged in the melee, and some hard blows were given back and forth.
From Farm House to the White House | William M. ThayerIt was going to be a fine barrage, with guns going off in all directions, because it is hard to keep your head in a melee.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver SmithBill was going to shoot right into the melee, but Haught knocked the rifle up, and forbid him to use it.
Tales of lonely trails | Zane GreyIn the melee a Boer horse (a plump one) was triumphantly captured and preserved for dissection.
The Siege of Kimberley | T. Phelan
British Dictionary definitions for melee
mle
/ (ˈmɛleɪ) /
a noisy riotous fight or brawl
Origin of melee
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