ELTWeekly Issue #24, Word of the week: melee

melee • MAY-lay • noun

Meaning: a confused struggle; especially : a hand-to-hand fight among several people

Example: The shoppers’ voices grew tense as they argued over the last Cool Sally doll, and for a moment I feared that a melee might erupt.

To know more about the word ‘melee’, please visit: http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?Jun.02.2009

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