meleenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈmel.eɪ/us/ˈmel.eɪ/literarya large noisy uncontrolled crowd, in which people are moving in different directions and sometimes fighting with each other:
We lost sight of each other in the melee.
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Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- galaxy
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- quarter
- stable
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- triumvirate
- vintage
- wing
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