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Definition of fracas in English: fracasnounPlural fracases ˈfrakɑː A noisy disturbance or quarrel. 喧闹的骚乱;大声吵架 the fracas was broken up by stewards Example sentencesExamples - There seem to be as many holiday season fracases as there are courthouse lawns, town squares, schools, and other public spaces.
- Altogether, his response in this incident - tempered in comparison with other fracases he's been involved in - was very much in line with public opinion.
- The fracas seems to be primarily the work of one person, presuming to speak for the entire class, when in fact he spoke only for himself.
- During the fracas, a single gun shot was fired leaving a 24-year-old man wounded..
- The fracas is typical of the miniscule Liberal Party, which has been mired in internal disputes for seven years.
- The fracas, in which punches were traded and others were knocked to the ground, lasted about four minutes.
- There were fights and fracas where I saw guns, knives, baseball bats and the rest, but nothing I couldn't handle.
- Three men were injured in the fracas and were in hospital.
- Spectators who witnessed the fracas summoned police who arrived within minutes to find the incident had fizzled out.
- The fracas over his cabinet appointments provides further evidence of a style of leadership that could be described as detached at best.
- She suffered a suspected fractured cheekbone and claimed to have had blurred vision and numbness in her face following the fracas.
- The full video of the fracas was shown and all of the personnel caught on camera making physical contact were identified.
- That doesn't excuse the initial actions of the players, but the whole thing had a really ugly aspect to it in terms of the number of people involved and the different little fracases that went on.
- Apparently knives and shotguns had just been wielded during a fracas in the bar and the local constabulary were called in to help out.
- My life was a series of fracases; every day brought a new knee jerk re-action and after a few months I left for Paris.
- His friend was also treated for minor injuries after he was knocked to the floor during the fracas and has been discharged from hospital.
- A chef on trial for killing a man in a fracas outside a pub told the jury yesterday he had just been trying to defend himself from a group of people who had set on him.
- Fowler also suffered a suspected broken nose in April 1999 during a fracas outside a Liverpool hotel.
- Gardaí said they are not treating the death as suspicious as it is not believed her death was directly linked to the fracas.
- A cocaine dealer who got into the trade to make easy money was caught after he got involved in a drunken fracas outside a nightclub.
Synonyms disturbance, quarrel, scuffle, brawl, affray, tussle, melee, free-for-all, fight, clash, skirmish, brouhaha, riot, uproar, commotion argument, altercation, angry exchange, war of words, shouting match, tiff, dispute, disagreement, row, wrangle, squabble, rumpus Scottish stooshie Irish, North American, & Australian donnybrook West Indian bangarang informal falling-out, set-to, run-in, shindig, shindy, dust-up, punch-up, scrap, spat, ruckus, argy-bargy, ruction, fisticuffs British informal barney, bunfight, ding-dong, bust-up, ruck, slanging match British informal, Football afters Scottish informal rammy North American informal rhubarb archaic broil, miff
OriginEarly 18th century: French, from fracasser, from Italian fracassare 'make an uproar'. Definition of fracas in US English: fracasnoun A noisy disturbance or quarrel. 喧闹的骚乱;大声吵架 the fracas was broken up by stewards Example sentencesExamples - The fracas is typical of the miniscule Liberal Party, which has been mired in internal disputes for seven years.
- Gardaí said they are not treating the death as suspicious as it is not believed her death was directly linked to the fracas.
- A cocaine dealer who got into the trade to make easy money was caught after he got involved in a drunken fracas outside a nightclub.
- The fracas, in which punches were traded and others were knocked to the ground, lasted about four minutes.
- During the fracas, a single gun shot was fired leaving a 24-year-old man wounded..
- There seem to be as many holiday season fracases as there are courthouse lawns, town squares, schools, and other public spaces.
- She suffered a suspected fractured cheekbone and claimed to have had blurred vision and numbness in her face following the fracas.
- A chef on trial for killing a man in a fracas outside a pub told the jury yesterday he had just been trying to defend himself from a group of people who had set on him.
- Fowler also suffered a suspected broken nose in April 1999 during a fracas outside a Liverpool hotel.
- My life was a series of fracases; every day brought a new knee jerk re-action and after a few months I left for Paris.
- His friend was also treated for minor injuries after he was knocked to the floor during the fracas and has been discharged from hospital.
- The full video of the fracas was shown and all of the personnel caught on camera making physical contact were identified.
- Altogether, his response in this incident - tempered in comparison with other fracases he's been involved in - was very much in line with public opinion.
- That doesn't excuse the initial actions of the players, but the whole thing had a really ugly aspect to it in terms of the number of people involved and the different little fracases that went on.
- The fracas seems to be primarily the work of one person, presuming to speak for the entire class, when in fact he spoke only for himself.
- The fracas over his cabinet appointments provides further evidence of a style of leadership that could be described as detached at best.
- There were fights and fracas where I saw guns, knives, baseball bats and the rest, but nothing I couldn't handle.
- Spectators who witnessed the fracas summoned police who arrived within minutes to find the incident had fizzled out.
- Apparently knives and shotguns had just been wielded during a fracas in the bar and the local constabulary were called in to help out.
- Three men were injured in the fracas and were in hospital.
Synonyms disturbance, quarrel, scuffle, brawl, affray, tussle, melee, free-for-all, fight, clash, skirmish, brouhaha, riot, uproar, commotion
OriginEarly 18th century: French, from fracasser, from Italian fracassare ‘make an uproar’. |