Antonyms for melee

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mey-ley, mey-ley, mel-ey

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪ leɪ, meɪˈleɪ, ˈmɛl eɪ

Definition of melee

Origin : 1640s, from French mêlée, from Old French meslee "brawl, confused fight; mixture, blend" (12c.), noun use of fem. past participle of mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). See also medley. Borrowed in Middle English as melle but lost and then reborrowed 17c.

noun battle, fight

Example sentences :

In the melee Redpath looked full into Allis's eyes at short range.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

I understand there has been a melee, not much; merely a rouette; do get it all out of him.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

This was to prevent shooting our own men in the melee, and in the darkness.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd

It is no slight advantage, in a melee of that kind, to be strong in officers.
Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty

In the melee the master was stabbed and the slave escaped into the woods.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 » by Various

I found myself in the midst of a melee with my hand at his throat and his at mine.
Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve

His gun, accidentally discharged in the melee, killed one of the peasants.
Extract from : « The Forged Coupon and Other Stories » by Leo Tolstoy

But a hasty search revealed that he had lost his knife in the melee.
Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

A melee occurred, in which a thousand soldiers participated.
Extract from : « From Farm House to the White House » by William M. Thayer

"Why, you—" there was a sudden flurry and Johnny's words were cut short in the melee.
Extract from : « Bar-20 Days » by Clarence E. Mulford

Synonyms for melee

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