Synonyms for battle-royal

Grammar : Noun

Définition of battle-royal

As in battle royal : noun fierce fight

Example sentences :

Then there would have been a battle-royal that had set the earth quaking.
Extract from : « Plays--First Series » by August Strindberg

So this battle-royal in art commenced and raged with virulence.
Extract from : « Great Musical Composers » by George T. Ferris

This record on one occasion depicted a battle-royal at breakfast, "over the marmalade," Sally said.
Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan

The British Lion, or any other lion, cannot always have a worthy enemy to combat, or a battle-royal to deliver.
Extract from : « The Virginians » by William Makepeace Thackeray

What passed during that interview in which the battle-royal between her and her niece occurred, she never revealed.
Extract from : « The Virginians » by William Makepeace Thackeray

More snow had been scooped from the window-sill by Fred and Joe, and soon a battle-royal was in progress in the dormitory.
Extract from : « The Mystery at Putnam Hall » by Arthur M. Winfield

Nevertheless, the interval before the battle-royal began was very trying to her.
Extract from : « Court Beauties of Old Whitehall » by W. R. H. Trowbridge

Who knows had there been a battle-royal, and was Miss Newcome having her wounds dressed upstairs?
Extract from : « The Newcomes » by William Makepeace Thackeray

Then stood forth the Tinman in his ire, and a battle-royal commenced.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 425, March, 1851 » by Various

Now and then they witnessed a battle-royal between two of the monsters who were pursuing the same prey.
Extract from : « A Honeymoon in Space » by George Griffith

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