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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: Italian fracassare 'to break in pieces'

fracas

 noun
     
frac‧as [singular]
a short noisy fight involving several people:
Eight people were injured in the fracas.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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