fracas
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kəs; noun
a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar.
Origin:
1720–30; < French < Italian fracasso, derivative of fracassare to smash, equivalent to fra- (< Latin infrā among) completely + cassare to break; see cassation
1720–30; < French < Italian fracasso, derivative of fracassare to smash, equivalent to fra- (< Latin infrā among) completely + cassare to break; see cassation
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| —n | |
| a noisy quarrel; brawl | |
| [C18: from French, from fracasser to shatter, from Latin frangere to break, influenced by quassāre to shatter] | |
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Word Origin & History
fracas
1727, from Fr. fracas, from It. fracasso "uproar, crash," from fracassare "to smash, crash, break in pieces," from fra, aphetic of L. infra "below" + It. cassare "to break," from L. quassare "to shake."
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Example sentences
His spirited, quotable commentary made the whole election fracas worthwhile.
In contrast, foreign journalists gave consistent accounts of the way that police started the fracas that led to violence.
We have some indication of how other producers have perceived this fracas in a feedlot.
That's seven-or-so months that he could consolidate his position and make moot this whole fracas.
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