mêlée

[US]//ˈmɛleɪ//
[UK]//ˈmɛleɪ//

Translation

n.a confused fight or scuffle; a chaotic struggle; (sports) a rugby scrimmage or tight pack; a confused or disorganized situation

Example Sentences

a chaotic mêlée erupted after the final whistle.

the verbal mêlée between the two politicians continued for hours.

journalists pushed through the crowd, caught in the media mêlée.

during the mêlée, several fans were injured.

the party turned into a mêlée when the music stopped.

amid the mêlée, the thief escaped unnoticed.

a political mêlée ensued after the election results were announced.

the meeting devolved into a mêlée of accusations.

soldiers charged into the mêlée without hesitation.

the verbal mêlée on social media lasted for days.

in the heat of the mêlée, no one noticed the fire starting.

the electoral mêlée showed no signs of ending soon.

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