as in brawl
a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people
the police had to break up an affray that started between fans of the opposing teams
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Recent Examples of affray
Tione Jayden Merritt, 24, was taken into custody on a first-degree misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct-affray, aka a fight.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
According to a statement from the Seminole Police Department obtained by Rolling Stone, the Bronx rapper has been charged with disorderly conduct—affray, which is classified as a first-degree misdemeanor under Florida law.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Washington was charged with intoxicated and disruptive behavior and simple affray.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Nov. 2025
Paul Doyle admitted to dangerous driving, affray, 17 charges of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, nine counts of causing GBH with intent, and three counts of wounding with intent, the BBC reports.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
According to a statement from the Seminole Police Department obtained by Rolling Stone, the Bronx rapper has been charged with disorderly conduct—affray, which is classified as a first-degree misdemeanor under Florida law.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Washington was charged with intoxicated and disruptive behavior and simple affray.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Nov. 2025
Paul Doyle admitted to dangerous driving, affray, 17 charges of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, nine counts of causing GBH with intent, and three counts of wounding with intent, the BBC reports.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for affray
Noun
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Cobb lives across the street from where the brawl happened.—
Brittney Ermon,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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Like all of the film’s most fist-pumping setpieces, of which there are several, the getaway brawl is a fevered array of different fighting styles that smash into each other like concrete blocks to create something faintly new.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Martinez had been attending court hearings over a charge of third-degree assault and breach of peace after an altercation with her sister-in-law over a babysitting dispute and was assigned anger management classes, the document states.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
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So far, detectives have found no evidence of a physical altercation or foul play.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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“Affray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affray. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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