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 Doors, furniture and the ground floor windows were destroyed in the melee. —

ABC News, 24 May 2026 One person was stabbed and taken to a hospital following a melee at a Connecticut prison on Thursday. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2026 In the subsequent melee, Terry Cooper volleys home and Arsenal’s players race to the referee to complain. —

Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 May 2026 Videos of the Saturday night melee at a Chipotle in the Navy Yard neighborhood showed youths throwing punches and chairs as patrons watched in fear. —

Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for melee

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brawl

Noun

The four women on the outside eventually got into a brawl while Cargill and Bliss continued to battle in the ring.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
Bond's relative lack of experience and finesse also feeds into the chaos of all-out brawls.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026