Meaning & use
Fracases
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Noisy disturbances or fights, typically involving a small group of people.
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Police were called to break up several fracases outside the stadium after the match.
The meeting ended in a series of fracases between rival shareholders.
A note on using this word
The singular 'fracas' comes from Italian 'fracasso', meaning crash or uproar; the plural is pronounced 'FRAY-kuh-siz' in American English.
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