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Definition of Melee
1. Noun. A noisy riotous fight.
Definition of Melee
1. Noun. Hand-to-hand combat; mano a mano. ¹
2. Noun. A naval or armor battle at an abnormally close range, extending even to disorganized crowds of people or traffic jams, using no ammunition. ¹
3. Noun. A noisy or heated fight, argument or scrap ¹
4. Noun. (alternative spelling of melee) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Melee
1. a confused struggle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melee
Literary usage of Melee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tactics by William Balck (1914)
"THE IMPACT AND THE melee. Even when the terrain offers no difficulties, ...
The broken part of the line then either begins the melee, in whichit will soon ..."
2. The Red River Settlement: Its Rise, Progress, and Present State: With Some by Alexander Ross (1856)
"... of wheat—The paper-box in the corner—The hubbub—The melee—Partiality—Credit
system—Colony work —Trickery—Confusion—Mr. Halkett—Grievances redressed— The ..."
3. Thirty Years of New York Politics Up-to-date by Matthew Patrick Breen (1899)
"... WHEN DISBANDED—How THEY USED TO "AMUSE" THEMSELVES AFTER A FIRE—A melee IN
WHICH SENATOR "DAVE" BRODERICK LOST His FIRE CAP—HARRY HOWARD'S LOVE ROMANCE, ..."
4. America and the Young Intellectual by Harold Stearns (1921)
"AU-DESSOUS de la melee "EVEN what is best in American life is compulsory —the
idealism, the zeal, the beautiful unison of its great moments," writes George ..."
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