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melee

1
or ³¾ÃªÂ·±ôé±ð

[ mey-ley, mey-ley, mel-ey ]

noun

  1. a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
  2. confusion; turmoil; jumble:

    the melee of Christmas shopping.



adjective

  1. Games. of or relating to close-range or hand-to-hand combat, especially in video games and role-playing games, but also in some other tabletop games: You can choose any melee weapon type, but most players prefer daggers since the polearm was nerfed in an expansion last year.

    I don't enjoy playing melee jobs like Monk or Warrior—I prefer to snipe from afar with an archer or even a mage.

    You can choose any melee weapon type, but most players prefer daggers since the polearm was nerfed in an expansion last year.

melee

2

[ mey-ley, mey-ley ]

noun

  1. a group of diamonds, each weighing less than 0.25 carat.

melee

/ ˈ³¾É›±ô±ðɪ /

noun

  1. a noisy riotous fight or brawl
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of melee1

First recorded in 1640–50; from French ³¾Ãª±ôé±ð “quarrel, mixtureâ€; medley

Origin of melee2

First recorded in 1910–15; origin uncertain
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of melee1

C17: from French ³¾Ãª±ôé±ð. See medley
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As the two players squared up to one another, members of both teams got involved and the exchange quickly descended into a melee which spilled into the spectator seats at courtside.

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On March 5, a melee broke out at the prison between 40 inmates, some armed with knives, officials said.

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By then, videos of it were all over social media, but they captured only short bits of a much-longer and larger melee.

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They stashed weapons in a hotel room across the Potomac River in Virginia while participating in the melee.

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Rick Braziel, associate vice chancellor who heads the newly created Office of Campus Safety, informed Thomas after the melee that he would be reassigned while internal and external investigations examined campus security shortfalls.

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