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me·lee (m

, m

-l

) also mê·lée (m

-l

)

a. Confused, hand-to-hand fighting in a pitched battle.

b. A violent free-for-all. See Synonyms at brawl.

2. A confused tumultuous mingling, as of a crowd: the rush-hour melee.

[French mêlée, from Old French meslee, past participle of mesler, to mix; see meddle.]

Mêlée a lively contention or debate; a mixed fight between two parties; a skirmish.

Examples: mêlée of battle, 1871.

Translations

mêlée

n (= confused struggle) → Gedränge nt, → Gewühl nt; (= fighting) → Handgemenge nt

mêlée [ˈmɛleɪ] n → confusione f, mischia

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affray Battle brawl fight fracas fray free-for-all freedom high melee rough ruck scramble scrimmage scrum scrummage	Nous pouvons observer dans cette pièce que l'image de l'abat-jour lilas apparaît mêlée aux rencontres érotiques, dans un rapport intertextuel subtil avec la chanson composée en 1950 par Marino Pinto et Mário Rossi. Comparaison phraseologique du lilas dans les chansons fracaises et ... by Monteiro-Plantin, Rosemeire / Acta Scientiarum Language and Culture (UEM) Still, as the dueling goes on—slash, clang, stab—from one overlong mêlée to another, and the three harlots rush downstage shaking their booties for the umpteenth time, you can sit back and drown in the music. Two MacMillan Marathons: Manon and Romeo and Juliet by Robert Gottlieb / The New York Observer But the funniest image in the film is that of a scattering of recently discharged executives, armed with their briefcases, all showing up for an advertised employment opportunity and “competing,” as always, to be first up the stairway in a mêlée involving briefcases, water-coolers and sheer manual force—only to find, at the end of their struggles, a long line of job applicants without briefcases. See Dick Shred Documents; Jim, T\'8ea Send Up Enron\'d5s Fall by Andrew Sarris / The New York Observer	Melasses Melassic Melastoma Melastoma malabathricum Melastomaceae Melastomaceous Melastomataceae melatonin Melba Melba sauce Melba toast Melbourne Melburnian Melchior Melchite Melchizedek meld Meldrew Meleager Meleagrididae meleagrine Meleagris Meleagris gallopavo melee melée mêlée Melekeok melena Melene Melenite Meles Meles meles Meletin Melezitose Melia Melia Azadirachta Melia azedarach Melia azederach Meliaceae meliaceous Melibean melic Melic grass Melicerous melick Melicocca Melicocca bijuga Melicocca bijugatus Melicoccus Melicotoon Melicratory	melds melds melds Mele Mele Mele hula pahu Mele hula pahu Mele Kalikimaka Meleager Meleager Meleagrididae Meleagrididae Meleagrine Meleagris Meleagris gallopavo Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo Meleagris ocellata Meleagros Meleagros Melech Melech Melech ha-Malachim Melech Malchei ha-Melachim MELECON Meleda Disease melee melee Meleé Melée mèlée mêlée Melee combat Mêlée combat Melee Role Playing Game melees melees Melegnano Melegueta pepper Melekeok Melekess Melekhovo Melema, Tito melena melena melena melena neonatorum Melencolia Melencolia Melencolia Melencolia Melencoly Melencoly Melencoly Melencoly Melendez Valdes, Juan Meléndez Valdés, Juan Meléndez, Luis Melene Meleney's gangrene melengestrol acetate melengestrol acetate

Nous pouvons observer dans cette pièce que l'image de l'abat-jour lilas apparaît mêlée aux rencontres érotiques, dans un rapport intertextuel subtil avec la chanson composée en 1950 par Marino Pinto et Mário Rossi.

Comparaison phraseologique du lilas dans les chansons fracaises et ... by Monteiro-Plantin, Rosemeire / Acta Scientiarum Language and Culture (UEM)

Still, as the dueling goes on—slash, clang, stab—from one overlong mêlée to another, and the three harlots rush downstage shaking their booties for the umpteenth time, you can sit back and drown in the music.

Two MacMillan Marathons: Manon and Romeo and Juliet by Robert Gottlieb / The New York Observer

But the funniest image in the film is that of a scattering of recently discharged executives, armed with their briefcases, all showing up for an advertised employment opportunity and “competing,” as always, to be first up the stairway in a mêlée involving briefcases, water-coolers and sheer manual force—only to find, at the end of their struggles, a long line of job applicants without briefcases.

See Dick Shred Documents; Jim, T\'8ea Send Up Enron\'d5s Fall by Andrew Sarris / The New York Observer

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