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
Rocks were being thrown in the melee, WLS reported.
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Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
For example, a melee unit is ineffective against enemies above or below it.
—PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
The affected musicians were rushed out of the melee to receive emergency medical aid.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Players have five main melee weapons — the katana, dual katana, odachi, kusarigama and yari.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
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Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
For example, a melee unit is ineffective against enemies above or below it.
—PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
The affected musicians were rushed out of the melee to receive emergency medical aid.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Players have five main melee weapons — the katana, dual katana, odachi, kusarigama and yari.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melee
brawl
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The match ended in a double count-out, but The Vision maintained the upper hand in the ensuing brawl.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The videos of the brawl that went viral concerned Culbertson.—
Scott Wartman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Melee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melee. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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