melee

noun

ˈmā-ˌlā How to pronounce melee (audio)
Definition of meleenext
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 That year also included a violent mass melee among students on campus. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 Fans fought in the streets, heaved bottles, smashed windows and shouted filthy insults in the melee, which left nearly 50 people injured. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 15 June 2026 Chaos erupted after activist and opponent to Henyard Jedidiah Brown called the former supervisor an expletive, leading both Woods and Henyard to enter the melee. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026 Nicolas Cage headlines through the Nick Cage Event Pass running June 25 to July 23, whose free track hands out the AN-94 assault rifle and Executioner's Duet melee weapon. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for melee
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brawl
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  • Thirteen players, including four Australians, are ejected for their part in the brawl.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The Red Sox and Nationals turned a regular June game into the biggest baseball brawl of the season after Boston hothead Willson Contreras completely lost it.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of brawl

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“Melee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melee. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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