melee
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leɪ, meɪˈleɪ, ˈmɛl noun
1.
a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
2.
confusion; turmoil; jumble: the melee of Christmas shopping.
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| —n | |
| a noisy riotous fight or brawl | |
| [C17: from French mêlée. See | |
| mêlée or mêlée | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from French mêlée. See | |
| melee or mêlée (ˈmɛleɪ) | |
| —n | |
| a noisy riotous fight or brawl | |
| [C17: from French mêlée. See | |
| mêlée or mêlée | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from French mêlée. See | |
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Word Origin & History
melee
1648, from Fr. mêlée, from O.Fr. meslee "confused fight, mixture," from fem. pp. of mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). See also medley.
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Example sentences
At some point a fight erupted between several party-goers and knives were used in the melee.
Rather than slow the action down, these documents add to the grim melee.
They loved seeing each other get wet and without my supervision it would have been a big, wet melee among the boys.
Panicked sardines threw themselves into the air and splashed back into the melee.
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