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
The affected musicians were rushed out of the melee to receive emergency medical aid.
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Of course, there’s a third party in the melee too — Beom-mo’s wife, who has been having an affair.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Players have five main melee weapons — the katana, dual katana, odachi, kusarigama and yari.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The boozy night soon led to a fight and Lennon and Nilsson were escorted out of the venue, and per the original Sotheby’s catalog listing, Lennon lost the pair in the melee and Tommy Smothers’ wife grabbed them.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Of course, there’s a third party in the melee too — Beom-mo’s wife, who has been having an affair.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Players have five main melee weapons — the katana, dual katana, odachi, kusarigama and yari.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The boozy night soon led to a fight and Lennon and Nilsson were escorted out of the venue, and per the original Sotheby’s catalog listing, Lennon lost the pair in the melee and Tommy Smothers’ wife grabbed them.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melee
Noun
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Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco was seen trying to hold Branch back while the brawl escalated, with several other players joining in.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The two had ignited a feud with a chaotic brawl on the October 10 broadcast, setting the stage for a major showdown.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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Amazon Prime commentator Kirk Herbstreit said as a guess at Rodgers' response to Jones, as footage of the sideline near-skirmish played for viewers.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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The decision was the latest skirmish in a years-long political and legal wrangle over voting requirements for local tax increase proposals.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Melee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melee. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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