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Synonyms for melee

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mey-ley, mey-ley, mel-ey
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪ leɪ, meɪˈleɪ, ˈmɛl eɪ

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Définition of melee

Origin :
  • 1640s, from French mêlée, from Old French meslee "brawl, confused fight; mixture, blend" (12c.), noun use of fem. past participle of mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). See also medley. Borrowed in Middle English as melle but lost and then reborrowed 17c.
  • noun battle, fight
Example sentences :
  • In the melee Redpath looked full into Allis's eyes at short range.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • I understand there has been a melee, not much; merely a rouette; do get it all out of him.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • This was to prevent shooting our own men in the melee, and in the darkness.
  • Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
  • It is no slight advantage, in a melee of that kind, to be strong in officers.
  • Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty
  • In the melee the master was stabbed and the slave escaped into the woods.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 » by Various
  • I found myself in the midst of a melee with my hand at his throat and his at mine.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
  • His gun, accidentally discharged in the melee, killed one of the peasants.
  • Extract from : « The Forged Coupon and Other Stories » by Leo Tolstoy
  • But a hasty search revealed that he had lost his knife in the melee.
  • Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • A melee occurred, in which a thousand soldiers participated.
  • Extract from : « From Farm House to the White House » by William M. Thayer
  • "Why, you—" there was a sudden flurry and Johnny's words were cut short in the melee.
  • Extract from : « Bar-20 Days » by Clarence E. Mulford

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