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Definition of brawled : of Brawl

Synonyms:

clashed, broiled, rioted, dissented, disagreed, antagonized, conflicted, altercated, clamored, collided, spared, differed, contended, bickered, squabbled, feuded, rowed, blasted

faced, disputed, vied, stood, resisted, confronted, opposed, argued, encountered, hassled, wrangled, quarreled, protested, contrasted, wrestled, struggled, withstood, defended

Usage examples:

• The next day, crossing several ranges, with glorious scenes of surpassing beauty everywhere around us, we came in view of a mighty and swift torrent, whose bed was sunk deep between enormous lofty walls of sandstone rock, where it roared and brawled with the noise of a little Niagara. - "How I Found Livingstone", Sir Henry M. Stanley.
• Her anxiety was extreme that she might not miss the return train, so I relinquished her hand, commanded the cabman to hasten, and turned to rescue Eckart- too young and faithful a collegian not to follow his friend, though it were into the lion's den- from a terrific entanglement of horseflesh and vehicles brawled over by a splendid collision of tongues. - "The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete", George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009.
• When he came to Yorkshire, he- whose ancestors had owned warehouses in this seaport, and factories in that inland town, had possessed their town- house and their country- seat- saw no way open to him but to rent a cloth- mill in an out- of- the- way nook of an out- of- the- way district; to take a cottage adjoining it for his residence, and to add to his possessions, as pasture for his horse, and space for his cloth- tenters, a few acres of the steep, rugged land that lined the hollow through which his mill- stream brawled. - "Shirley", Charlotte Brontë.