melee
1or mê·lée
Origin of melee
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2Related Words for melee
tussle, clash, brawl, ruckus, scuffle, scrimmage, fracas, skirmish, brouhaha, free-for-all, to-do, rumpus, affray, brush, words, ruction, broil, fray, row, set-toExamples from the Web for melee
Contemporary Examples of melee
In fact, Clark fell back first from her blows, losing his cap, tie, and badge in the melee.
It was Orlando vs. Justin in an Ibiza melee with two highly unlikely opposing parties.
They made one last charge for the airport, and when the riot police blocked them again a melee ensued.
The Kurds entered a buffer zone on the Turkish border and in the melee at least four protestor were wounded.
Unconfirmed reports in Turkish Internet media said Erdogan himself had slapped a man in the melee.
Historical Examples of melee
In the melee Redpath looked full into Allis's eyes at short range.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
I understand there has been a melee, not much; merely a rouette; do get it all out of him.
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
This was to prevent shooting our own men in the melee, and in the darkness.
Personal Recollections of a CavalrymanJ. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
It is no slight advantage, in a melee of that kind, to be strong in officers.
Saint Bartholomew's EveG. A. Henty
In the melee the master was stabbed and the slave escaped into the woods.