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- noun Plural form of
melee .
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Examples
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That means no catfights or Chardonnay-tossing melees.
The Reality Bug Bites Westchester Shelly Banjo 2011
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That means no catfights or Chardonnay-tossing melees.
The Reality Bug Bites Westchester Shelly Banjo 2011
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Cranach portrays it all in intricate melees of mounted knights, clashing weapons and elegant onlookers.
Masterful Engravers Judy Fayard 2011
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Thousands of antigovernment protesters in Yemen squared off with supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in violent clashes at a main intersection in the capital San'a Thursday, according to eyewitnesses, the latest and most raucous in a series of daily melees there.
Rival Protesters Battle in Yemen Chip Cummins 2011
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The crackdown also came as a surprise after King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa had made a rare television appearance on Tuesday promising to investigate the deaths of two protesters said to have been killed by security forces in the melees.
Bahrain Police Storm Protests Joe Parkinson 2011
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Officer Gregory Baek (BEK) says the officers were taken to hospitals for treatment of the injuries sustained during melees Sunday night in the Staples Center area.
L.A. police scramble to control revelers after Lakers' victory 2009
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Meanwhile, via Wonkette, we learn that everything is getting so crazy that the elderly are now just fighting in the suburbs of Chicago over yard signs, in melees worthy of a Thunderdome.
Elderly Men Now Just Beating Each Other Up Over Political Yard Signs The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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But the Oakland melees have had the hallmarks of a particularly violent contingent of anarchists who have become a fixture at West Coast protests in recent years, said former San Francisco Police Chief Anthony Ribera.
Fringe Group Turns Violent Bobby White 2011
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Since the Mojahedin meetings were often large, these attacks turned into huge melees.
Washington Post Shills for Terrorists « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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The crackdown came as a surprise after King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa had made a rare television appearance on Tuesday promising to investigate the deaths of two protesters said to have been killed by security forces in the melees.
Bahrain Military Shows Force After Three Die Joe Parkinson 2011
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