noun
- confused fights or struggles involving many people
Usage: plural of melee
Examples
- Several melees broke out during the heated protest.
- The hockey game was suspended after multiple melees on the ice.
- Police officers struggled to control the melees that erupted downtown.
- The festival ended in chaos with melees breaking out near the main stage.
- Security cameras captured three separate melees in the parking lot.
- The referee called penalties after the melees between rival teams.