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fra⋅cas

  [frey-kuhs; Brit. frak-ah]
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–noun
a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar.
Origin:
1720–30; < F < It fracasso, deriv. of fracassare to smash, equiv. to fra- (< L infrā among) completely + cassare to break; see cassation
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fra·cas   (frā'kəs, frāk'əs)   
n.  A noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; a brawl. See Synonyms at brawl.

[French, from Italian fracasso, from fracassare, to make an uproar.]
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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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