as in brawl
a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people
a verbal disagreement at the football game soon turned into a general melee involving scores of spectators
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Mia Taylor, Parents, 11 Oct. 2024
After the melee overnight on April 30, UCLA created a new Office of Campus Safety, hired former Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel to head it and moved all policing and emergency management programs to that office.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
For one, the melee takes place atop the thin outer rim of a nuclear silo with a backdrop that would best qualify as scenery in Minecraft.
—Arye Dworken, Vulture, 26 July 2024
In the ensuing melee, Didi was shot and killed, and Genet hit with one of her own Cocaine Bear walker darts.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 20 Oct. 2024
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Mia Taylor, Parents, 11 Oct. 2024
After the melee overnight on April 30, UCLA created a new Office of Campus Safety, hired former Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel to head it and moved all policing and emergency management programs to that office.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
For one, the melee takes place atop the thin outer rim of a nuclear silo with a backdrop that would best qualify as scenery in Minecraft.
—Arye Dworken, Vulture, 26 July 2024
In the ensuing melee, Didi was shot and killed, and Genet hit with one of her own Cocaine Bear walker darts.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Melee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melee. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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