'melee' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It refers to a confused fight or struggle between a large number of people, and can be used as both a noun and an adjective. Example: The barroom brawl quickly devolved into an all-out melee.
Amid the melee, Morsi and his colleagues rejected the authority of the court before the chaos forced the presiding judge to adjourn proceedings until 8 January.
A French cultural centre was set ablaze in the southern town of Zinder, and one security officer and three demonstrators were killed in the melee, said interior minister Hassoumi Massaoudou.
The police intend to interview both Cantona and Paul Ince, who became caught up in the melee.
In the game below his 10..c6 was more dynamic than the previous Nh5 or b6, and when Korchnoi wrongly tried a central melee by 16 f4 Black's active pieces took over.
Rangers rallied and Nicky Law's cross struck the crossbar before a goalmouth melee ended with United still having their goal intact.
"The whole nation was sickened by the pictures of that wild melee," wrote King's widow Coretta Scott King.
Another melee followed, with some journalists and policemen in the courtroom calling Morsi a traitor.
Vince engaged in a furious running battle with Adelaide star Patrick Dangerfield, with his physical tactics prompting a three quarter-time melee which could cost both clubs some coin.
In 2012, after more than 70 people were killed in a deadly stadium melee in Port Said, he backed the ultras by heeding a demand not to play in the opening match of the following season.
In the melee, one male BRAG member collapsed and had to be taken to the Northern General Hospital.
In the melee Ince appeared to swing a fist at another fan.
