If your enemy gets close to you, tap the melee button.
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Melee
//ˈmeɪˌleɪ//
Synonyms for "melee" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (33)
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Translations
57 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- شجار noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Bulgarian
2 entries- меле́ noun (noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument)
- ръкопашен бой noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 混擊 /混击 noun (noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument)
- 混擊 /混击 noun (noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument)
- 近战 noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Czech
4 entries- hádka noun (lively contention or debate)
- mela noun (noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument)
- potyčka noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
- potyčka noun (battle fought at close range)
Danish
3 entries- håndgemæng noun (battle fought at close range)
- nærkamp noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
- sammenstød noun (battle fought at close range)
Finnish
2 entries- käsikähmä noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
- lähitaistelu noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
German
4 entries- Gedränge noun (noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument)
- Getümmel noun (noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument)
- Gewühl noun (noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument)
- Gezänk noun (lively contention or debate)
Ingrian
1 entries- käsikähäkkä noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Italian
1 entries- combattimento corpo a corpo noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Japanese
1 entries- 接近戦 noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Māori
1 entries- nonoketanga noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پرخاش noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Polish
1 entries- walka wręcz noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Portuguese
1 entries- combate corpo-a-corpo noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Romanian
1 entries- luptă corp la corp noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Russian
4 entries- перепа́лка noun (noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument)
- рукопашная noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
- стычка noun (lively contention or debate)
- схва́тка noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- borba prsa o prsa noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
- borba prsa u prsa noun (battle fought at close range)
Slovak
4 entries- bitka noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
- hádka noun (lively contention or debate)
- mela noun (noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument)
- potýčka noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Swedish
2 entries- närkamp noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
- närstrid noun (Hand-to-hand combat)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Swords and clubs are melee weapons.
Source: tatoeba (10322414)
He was shot in the melee on Aug. 1, 2018, and a bullet lodged in his right buttock.
Source: tatoeba (10792621)
A melee ensued after a crunching tackle on the edge of the penalty area.
Source: tatoeba (11184660)
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