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brawl

/bɹɔl/ noun C1
  1. A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

Plural brawls

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A series of disgraceful brawls took place, two of which ended in the police-court, until at last he became the terror of the village, and the folks would fly at his approach, for he is a man of immense strength, and absolutely uncontrollable in his anger.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 40 · B2
I would not brawl in the presence of death, but I can assure you that if I were a younger man your monstrous conduct would not pass with impunity.”
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 124 · C1

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