as in brawl
a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people
a verbal disagreement at the football game soon turned into a general melee involving scores of spectators
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One Vandal skin that looks like Jinx’s iconic rocket launcher, and one melee skin that gives you Vi’s iconic metal fists.
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Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
According to a preliminary investigation, a 17-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were struck by gunfire during the melee.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Farrell then takes a swing, after which onstage personnel jump in to break up the melee.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2024
Other inmates also beat a prisoner who did not participate in the melee, according to the report.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
According to a preliminary investigation, a 17-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were struck by gunfire during the melee.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Farrell then takes a swing, after which onstage personnel jump in to break up the melee.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2024
Other inmates also beat a prisoner who did not participate in the melee, according to the report.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Melee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melee. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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