Thesaurus results for MÊLÉE

melee

noun

ˈmā-ˌlā

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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Recent Examples of melee Here's a closer look at the latest social media melee. —

Mia Taylor, Parents, 11 Oct. 2024 After the melee overnight on April 30, UCLA created a new Office of Campus Safety, hired former Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel to head it and moved all policing and emergency management programs to that office. —

Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024 For one, the melee takes place atop the thin outer rim of a nuclear silo with a backdrop that would best qualify as scenery in Minecraft. —

Arye Dworken, Vulture, 26 July 2024 In the ensuing melee, Didi was shot and killed, and Genet hit with one of her own Cocaine Bear walker darts. —

Charlie Mason, TVLine, 20 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for melee