Combat
Combat noun - A physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups.
Usage example: the two stags entered a furious combat for dominance of the herd
Melee and combat are semantically related in fight topic. In some cases you can use "Melee" instead a noun "Combat", when it comes to topics like battle.
Melee
Melee noun - A rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people.
Usage example: a verbal disagreement at the football game soon turned into a general melee involving scores of spectators
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Synonyms for Melee
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How words are described
| close | close combat | close melee |
| physical | physical combat | physical melee |
| glorious | glorious combat | glorious melee |
| pure | pure combat | pure melee |
| Other adjectives: similar, fast, regular, standard, brutal, heavy, actual, serious, social, general, final, deadly, next, basic, extended, prolonged, stealth, based, one-on-one, mounted, underwater, non-lethal. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Unimpressed, the bandits challenged the traveler to hand-to-hand combat and melee duel where he got beaten severely.
Source: Comic Book / Johan and Peewit - Of all the recruitable NPCs, he is arguably the most helpful in a fight, with enviable amount of experience using small arms, melee weapons and unarmed combat.
Source: Badass Grandpa / Video Games -
Melee weapons are common in the cyberpunk-verse of Shadowrun, ranging from period-proper combat knives to katanas, battle axes and swords.
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