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melee
1[ mey-ley, mey-ley, mel-ey ]
noun
- a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
- confusion; turmoil; jumble:
the melee of Christmas shopping.
adjective
- Games. of or relating to close-range or hand-to-hand combat, especially in video games and role-playing games, but also in some other tabletop games: You can choose any melee weapon type, but most players prefer daggers since the polearm was nerfed in an expansion last year.
I don't enjoy playing melee jobs like Monk or Warrior—I prefer to snipe from afar with an archer or even a mage.
You can choose any melee weapon type, but most players prefer daggers since the polearm was nerfed in an expansion last year.
melee
2[ mey-ley, mey-ley ]
noun
- a group of diamonds, each weighing less than 0.25 carat.
melee
/ ˈmɛleɪ /
noun
- a noisy riotous fight or brawl
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Origin of melee2
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Example Sentences
I had time during the mêlée to take note of the actions of General Forrest, and I observed that a great change had come over him.
As near as they could make out, they had accounted for eight of the enemy, four in the mêlée just finished.
Into this wild mêlée Jack plunged, closely followed by his friend Harry.
Meanwhile, the youngsters were in a mêlée with the two dogs.
Then it was that they had time to observe what had escaped their notice in the rough-and-tumble of the mêlée.
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