battle royal
1. A fight in which more than two participants are involved and the last person to survive is declared the winner. The men were eager to see who would be declared the wrestling champion at the end of the battle royal. I definitely didn't expect that skinny dude to be the last one standing in the battle royal! Man, I got knocked out of the battle royal early this year.
2. A heated argument. Things got pretty heated between the union and the school board at the meeting last night. It was quite the battle royal! Girls, this doesn't need to be a battle royal every Friday night. You need to come up with a better system for sharing the car. Mom and Grandma are arguing over the best way to make a turkey for Thanksgiving? Hoo boy, there's a battle royal.
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