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noun
affray, altercation, battle, bickering, blows, brawl, breach of the peace, broil, clash, commotion, conflict, contention, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, disturbance, fight, fray, fuss, jangle, jar, melee, noisy quarrel, outbreak, quarrel, riot, row, rowdiness, ruction, scramble, scuffle, set-to, squabble, squall, trouble, tumult, turmoil, tussle, uproar, wrangle
associated concepts: disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace
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affray, altercation, belligerency, bluster (commotion), brawl, collision (dispute), commotion, confrontation (altercation), contest (dispute), disaccord, disorder (lack of order), disturbance, embroilment, fight (battle), fray, furor, imbroglio, noise, outbreak, outcry, pandemonium, riot, struggle, turmoil, violence
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
См. также в других словарях:
fracas — [ fraka ] n. m. • 1475 « rupture violente »; it. fracasso → fracasser 1 ♦ Bruit qui résulte d une rupture violente, de chocs; par ext. Bruit violent. Le fracas de l orage, des vagues. ⇒ vacarme. Le jeune homme « laissa tout tomber par terre, avec … Encyclopédie Universelle
fracas — FRACAS. s. m. Rupture, ou fracture avec bruit & violence. Horrible fracas. espouventable fracas. grand fracas. estrange fracas. le vent a fait un grand fracas dans cette forest. le tonnerre a tombé sur une Eglise & a fait un grand fracas. Il se… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Fracas — est un parfum créé en 1948 par Robert Piguet. Ce parfum a comme base, une solifleur blanche, la tubéreuse qui est un « parfum en soi, enivrant, qui dégage une personnalité unique ». L écrivain Colette écrivit au sujet de ce parfum … Wikipédia en Français
fracas — 1727, from Fr. fracas (15c.), from It. fracasso uproar, crash, back formation from fracassare to smash, crash, break in pieces, from fra , aphetic of L. infra below + It. cassare to break, from L. quassare to shake (see QUASH (Cf. quash … Etymology dictionary
fracas — meaning ‘a noisy disturbance’, is pronounced frak ah in BrE and fray kǝs in AmE. Its plural form is also fracas, pronounced frak ahz and fray kǝs respectively … Modern English usage
Fracas — Fra cas (fr[=a] kas; F. fr[.a] k[aum] ; 277), n. [F., crash, din, tumult, It. fracasso, fr. fracassare to break in pieces, perh. fr. fra within, among (L. infra) + cassare to annul, cashier. Cf. {Cashier}, v. t.] An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fracas — *brawl, broil, melee, row, rumpus, scrap Analogous words: fray, affray, fight, conflict, combat, Contest: altercation, wrangle, *quarrel, squabble: contention, dissension, strife, Oiscord … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fracas — [n] disturbance, fight affray, altercation, battle, battle royal*, bickering, brawl, broil*, brouhaha, dispute, donnybrook*, feud, flap*, fray, free for all*, hassle, knock down dragout*, melee, mix up*, quarrel, riot, row, ruction, ruffle,… … New thesaurus
fracas — ► NOUN (pl. same or or US fracases) ▪ a noisy disturbance or quarrel. ORIGIN French, from Italian fracassare make an uproar … English terms dictionary
fracas — [frā′kəs, fra′kəs; ] Brit [ fra′kä΄] n. [Fr < It fracasso < fracassare, to smash, prob. blend < frangere (< L: see BREAK) + cassare, to quash, break < L quassare: see QUASH2] a noisy fight or loud quarrel; brawl … English World dictionary
