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Meanings of affray in English

Portuguese
contenda
Catalan
contesa
Spanish
altercado

A noisy fight.

        contenda
        Portuguese
        altercação
        Catalan
        avalot
        Spanish
        altercado

        Noisy quarrel.

              altercação
              Usage of affray in English
              1
              The Metropolitan Police said he had been arrested on suspicion of affray.
              BBC
              2
              He had interfered in an affray in a cafe and been stabbed.
              The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction
              3
              How the lamentable affray came about could not be explained to me.
              The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
              4
              He had gone by himself one day some time after the affray.
              The secret river
              5
              In the affray that succeeded, it was said that he was killed.
              Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
              6
              The ringleaders are expected to be charged with affray and property damage.
              Radio NZ
              7
              His associate fell, and he sprang forward to engage in the affray.
              The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army: A Story of the Grea...
              8
              They had as yet no thought of the consequences of the affray.
              Jean-Christophe, Volume I
              9
              Three people -including two teenagers -are facing charges of affray.
              The Guardian
              10
              Sir Percival, for one, had been grievously wounded in the last affray.
              In the Court of King Arthur
              11
              A fight in private is an assault and battery, not an affray.
              The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
              12
              But I am grieved to hear of your affray with the native.
              Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific
              13
              Without asking for any explanation on the affray, he said to her:
              The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life
              14
              The natives, who had been spectators of the affray, were much perplexed.
              The Life of Columbus
              15
              The monsters roared, and, with their trunks elevated, advanced to the affray.
              Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East
              16
              Asbury, with whom the affray had taken place a short time previous.
              Cowmen and Rustlers: A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges
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