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
Director Fujii Michihito, working alongside Okada, has crafted what promises to be a visual spectacle, particularly evident in the large-scale melee sequence at Tenryuji Temple.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
That’s when the demo ushered in a wave of gory action involving visceral melee combat and gunplay.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
During the melee, several punches were thrown.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
The melee combat had a parry system, as well.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
That’s when the demo ushered in a wave of gory action involving visceral melee combat and gunplay.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
During the melee, several punches were thrown.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
The melee combat had a parry system, as well.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melee
Noun
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That heated game ended in a post-match brawl that included Inter Miami players and a Seattle staff member throwing punches and Miami forward Luis Suarez spitting on a Sounders security official.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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McNamara’s shooting of Green quickly garnered controversy after it was established — by witnesses and security video — that Green was a peacemaker in a brawl that erupted inside the La Victoria restaurant next to San Jose State University, where Green had done a campus visit earlier in the day.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Regions of Africa and Southern Asia are embroiled in deadly and underreported skirmishes, and areas of Mexico and Haiti are torn by gang violence akin to civil war.—
Daniella Walsh,
Oc Register,
18 Sep. 2025
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Delhi sees Beijing as its biggest threat, particularly since some border skirmishes that began in 2020.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Melee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melee. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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