Meaning of the word melee in English

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melee

US /ˈmeɪ.leɪ/

UK /ˈmeɪ.leɪ/

a large noisy uncontrolled crowd, in which people are moving in different directions and sometimes fighting with each other:

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We lost sight of each other in the melee.

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