Thesaurus: affray

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1. v. t. To startle from quiet; to alarm.
2. v. t. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
3. v. t. The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
4. v. t. Alarm; terror; fright.
5. v. t. A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
6. v. t. The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
7. n. noisy quarrel
8. n. a noisy fight
9. 1. To startle from quiet; to alarm. Smale foules a great heap That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep. Chaucer. 2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away. That voice doth us affray. Shak. 1. The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. [Obs.] 2. Alarm; terror; fright. [Obs.] Spenser. 3. A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. "In the very midst of the affray." Motley. 4. (Law) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. Blackstone. Note: A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray. Syn. -- Quarrel; brawl; scuffle; encounter; fight; contest; feud; tumult; disturbance.
10. The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to theterror of others. Blackstone.
11. n. noisy quarrel n. a noisy fight