Synonyms for affray

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-frey

Phonetic Transcription : əˈfreɪ

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Définition of affray

Origin : c.1300, "state of alarm produced by a sudden disturbance," from Old French effrei, esfrei "disturbance, fright," from esfreer (v.) "to worry, concern, trouble, disturb," from Vulgar Latin *exfridare, literally "to take out of peace," from Latin ex- "out of" (see ex-) + Frankish *frithu "peace," from Proto-Germanic *frithuz "peace, consideration, forbearance" (cf. Old Saxon frithu, Old English friðu, Old High German fridu "peace, truce"), from PIE root *pri- "to be friendly, love" (see free (adj.)). Meaning "breach of the peace, riotous fight in public" is from late 15c. Related verb afrey (early 14c.) survives almost exclusively in its past participle, afraid (q.v.).

noun fight

Example sentences :

She dragged the girl away out of sight, and left her while she returned to the affray.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

The affray had burst over the slumbering town like a thunderclap.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

Many Indians were killed or wounded in this affray, but it is not known how many.
Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

That we had some hurt of such an affray goes without saying.
Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton

Hanson had learned all about the affray, as everyone else in town seemed to have done.
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

And then there was their own resentment as to that affray at Scumberg's.
Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope

Who struck the first blow in the affray on the pier with Thornton?
Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic

This was by no means a terrifying conclusion to men inured to affray.
Extract from : « Laramie Holds the Range » by Frank H. Spearman

But in many a tent there were drinking and gambling, and more than one affray.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Quebec » by Amanda Millie Douglas

A white man and a colored woman were indicted for an affray.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 » by Various

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