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as in clash
a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people
they were thrown out of the party after starting a brawl
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as in altercation
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
the student drama society's decision to put on the controversial play prompted a brawl at the school board meeting
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as in roar
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
we could hear the brawl of the river rapids ahead of us before we could actually see them
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as in to bicker
to express different opinions about something often angrily
the Wilsons were always loudly brawling, and the neighbors were always shutting their windows
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Recent Examples of brawl
Adam B. Vary, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
The television broadcast showed players wiping their eyes and coughing in the aftermath of the brawl.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
In a heated encounter in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Owens attacked Orton with a steel chair pre-match, and the two former world champions brawled at ringside and into the crowd, with Orton even hitting Raw General Manager Adam Pearce with a vicious RKO.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Noun
After Rick wins a bruising late night brawl with one of his charges, Ilana tends to his wounds while Rick is stripped to just his boxer briefs.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
The television broadcast showed players wiping their eyes and coughing in the aftermath of the brawl.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
The trailer shows Beth brawling with lawyer Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri), who has joined forces with John's scheming son Jamie (Wes Bentley), now the state's attorney general.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
In a heated encounter in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Owens attacked Orton with a steel chair pre-match, and the two former world champions brawled at ringside and into the crowd, with Orton even hitting Raw General Manager Adam Pearce with a vicious RKO.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brawl
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The president-elect has also vowed to issue an executive order ending birthright citizenship, setting up a constitutional clash over the 14th Amendment that could wind up at the Supreme Court. 2.Zachary Basu, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
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One of Ohio State's two losses this season came at the hands of the Ducks in a mid-October clash, where Oregon prevailed 32-21.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Jamie Foxx is thanking fans for their support after an altercation at his birthday dinner this weekend required him to get stitches.Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Things got worse for Curtis, who was arrested and charged with assault because of his altercation with assistant DA Daniels.Barry Levitt, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Jackson ran onto the stage — and later took her final bows — to roars of applause.Rachel Treisman, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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Then came the roar of approval for the Rare Beauty founder and her record producer fiance.Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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The sellers are Lydia (Lisa Kudrow) and Paul (Ray Romano), bickering empty nesters saddled with financial woes and a dark secret.Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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From clicking pens to tapping on the side of the table with their feet to bickering with each other, being a dad is one long challenging lesson in patience.Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The Rangers came out of the melee with a power play, but that didn’t lead to a goal.Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Campus police had no effective plan to work with external law enforcement and failed to take command on the night of the melee — leading the LAPD and the California Highway Patrol to devise an ad hoc response.Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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Research has distinguished between three simple strategies to deal with neighbor disputes: avoidance of the party whose behavior is experienced as unneighborly; confronting the neighbor face-to-face; and relying on a third party to sort out the issue, e.g. the landlord or even police.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Nearly a decade later, a dark storm cloud has descended upon his increasingly unpopular administration, with the resignation of a top Cabinet minister over a dispute about how to manage US president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats.Lex Harvey, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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The decoy did make a noticeable clicking noise when spinning.Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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The footage shows a small door on the ceiling of a room opening and closing repeatedly, making a banging noise.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Yet the film won’t fight its way out of the red for Paramount, which spent more than $250 million to return to the arena.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Dec. 2024
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Parking Lot Altercation This sketch follows Short and Mikey Day using hand signals to fight over a parking space.Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Brawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brawl. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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