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Fracas
Definition:
(v. t.) An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.
Example Sentences:
(1) The BBC dropped former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson following a fracas with show producer Oisin Tymon.
(2) As for Johnny Depp’s dogs, after the international fracas died down, Joyce was awarded the Froggatt award for principled decision making by the Invasive Species Council for “acting quickly and decisively” against actor Depp and his wife, Amber Heard, for allegedly bringing their Yorkshire terriers into Australia in breach of quarantine laws .
(3) Photograph: handout Molins said the perpetrator was known to police for a series of minor fracas over the past six years, including one violent altercation with another motorist earlier this year for which he received a suspended sentence.
(4) Dean had already booked Gabriel for his part in a fracas with Costa and when the defender flicked his foot at the Spain international, Dean ruled that it merited a straight red.
(5) Jonathan Arnott said the fracas placed a cloud over both Woolfe and Hookem: “Surely they can’t now consider that either of them could stand in a leadership contest.” Gerard Batten said he was disappointed Woolfe had left the meeting rather than answer questions over his flirtation with the Conservatives: “A Ukip MEP who is prepared to even discuss defection to another party is not fit to run as leader of Ukip.” Describing Thursday’s incident, Hookem said a meeting of Ukip MEPs had become heated when Woolfe, a contender to replace Diane James as party leader, was asked about his admission he had considered defecting to the Conservatives .
(6) In the middle of the fracas, unperturbed, a self-proclaimed holy man in a bright saffron woolly hat waved a legal petition.
(7) Amazon sought to address customers’ concerns about the Hachette fracas last month by pointing out that the publisher’s products represent a very small proportion of its sales.
(8) If you've been reading this newspaper or any other about the Senate's role in the healthcare fracas , I trust you do not need me to explain why.
(9) Nigel Farage had resigned; the frontrunner to replace him, Steven Woolfe, was hospitalised after a fracas ; and the eventual successor, Diane James, lasted 18 days at the top .
(10) It is not known whether Top Gear: From A to Z will include “F for fracas” – the description used by the BBC for the incident in which the presenter assaulted a producer.
(11) Two members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society were lightly injured in the early morning fracas in heavy seas about 2,000 miles south-east of the Australian state of Tasmania, said Paul Watson, the group's leader.
(12) Luis Suárez is banned for the game at Cornellà-El Prat after he became involved in a fracas after the end of last week’s first leg at Camp Nou, during which Espanyol had two players sent off.
(13) Woolfe spent three nights in hospital after the fracas.
(14) Aston Villa’s Micah Richards suspended for one game after Swansea fracas Read more Garde had barely taken his seat when Danny Rose’s pass – hardly defence-splitting – down the left found Mousa Dembélé.
(15) The as-yet unnamed Amazon show, which was announced on Thursday, ended months of speculation after Clarkson was dropped by the BBC following a fracas with a producer.
(16) The star received widespread public support, including from his friend David Cameron, following the fracas, and 1 million people signed a petition calling on the BBC to reinstate him.
(17) A 68-year-old man died, reportedly after inhaling pepper spray during the fracas , and five people were arrested.
(18) Haye, who on Monday night had still not revealed his whereabouts, is yet to respond to widely circulated calls by the German police to return to Munich after fleeing the scene in the early hours of Sunday morning and to explain his part in a fracas that shamed their sport.
(19) There was an initial fracas between English fans and locals over tickets at around midnight.
(20) Trump’s opening fracas may have made for gripping television, but it was the unseemly start to a primetime TV debate that Republican party leaders had dreaded, overshadowing policy discussions over the Iran nuclear deal, immigration, healthcare and the economy.