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Synonyms of melee
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
Synonyms for melee
- affray
- [chiefly British],
- brawl,
- broil,
- donnybrook,
- fracas,
- fray,
- free-for-all,
- rough-and-tumble,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction
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The first known use of melee was circa 1648
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