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Melee

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scrimmagenoun(US, athletics, soccer) In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
battle royalnounA fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, team, or faction is left standing.

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battle royalnounA fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, team, or faction is left standing.
scrimmagenoun(US, athletics, soccer) In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
scufflenounA rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
scramblenounA dish (meal) involving scrambled eggs and a hodgepodge of complementary ingredients, usually closer to a casserole than to an omelette.
donnybrooknounA brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos.
fracasnounA noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
huddlenoun(American football) A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.
shufflenounThe act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
riotnounA tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
rumpusnounA noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a noisy quarrel or brawl.
ruckusnounA raucous disturbance and/or commotion.
fraynoun(countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
brouhahanounA stir; a fuss or uproar.
rumblenounA low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
hurtnounAn emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
woundedSuffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife.
free-for-allnoun(idiomatic) Chaos; a chaotic situation lacking rules or control.
standoffnounA deadlocked confrontation between antagonists.
rownounA line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
racketnoun(countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.

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