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gen. battle; slaughter (Anglophile); brawl (Anglophile); butchery; killing; up and downer; battery; fight
Gruzovik bloody battle
Игорь Миг onslaught; fist fight (конт. One old woman commented on the riots of football fans in Moscow: Они сатанисты, сказала бабушка, это они устраивают побоища на стадионах, это они учинили бузу на Манежной площади – They're Satanists, the old woman said – the ones who start fist-fights in the stadiums and the ones who ran riot on Manege Square . Michelle Berdy); fist-fight (конт. One old woman commented on the riots of football fans in Moscow: Они сатанисты, сказала бабушка, это они устраивают побоища на стадионах, это они учинили бузу на Манежной площади – They're Satanists, the old woman said – the ones who start fist-fights in the stadiums and the ones who ran riot on Manege Square . Michelle Berdy)
amer. bad beating to take or to get (Common american expression Maggie); beat someone to a pulp (Maggie); bloodbath (Maggie)
emph. rout (It was a rout... ...and the outflanked Americans fled in disarray. maryland.gov MichaelBurov)
humor. battle royal (о драке, споре)
inf. up-and-downer (драка key2russia); knockdown-dragout fight (VLZ_58); free-for-all (VLZ_58)
mil. carnage; massacre
obs. struggle (Сынковский)
sport. hackfest (A sporting event involving rough play or an excessive number of fouls.

‘you just know before the game starts that it's going to be a hackfest' Bullfinch)

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