Thesaurus results for MELEE

melee

noun

ˈmā-ˌlā

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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Recent Examples of melee But are there any obvious candidates for a proper managerial melee? —

Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026 At the end of the melee, both Soler and López were ejected, with possible suspensions looming. —

Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026 The girls stay markedly calm in the melee. —

Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026 During the ensuing melee, neither appeared to take a solid blow from the other but Soler wound up on the ground when Weiss took him down. —

Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for melee

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brawl

Noun

Naz Reid nearly escalated the exchange into a brawl, but the parties were ultimately separated enough to avoid ejections.

— Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Guns are loaded, a brawl breaks out in a bar and Rip rides away from a fire on horseback.

— Brayden Garcia May 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2026