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  • Melee

    Additional usage:

    Noun, Broadly Hand-to-hand combat (rare)

    Adjective of or related to hand-to-hand combat

    Examples sentences:

    "I've been playing Arcanum a lot, my main character is a level 35 melee fighter technologist."

    "Sulik from Fallout 2 is great at melee."

    "I use many different melee weapons, but my favorite has to be the Super Sledgehammer."

    "Jaheira from Baldur's Gate is a pretty decent melee character who can effectively facilitate her performance in hand-to-hand combat with her druid spells."

    Note:

    This usage has been around for more than 2 decades, usually in RPG video games, tabletop war games, some card games and as part of discussions related to these.

    Many gamers (including ex-gamers) are familiar with this usage and would use the word "melee" this way.

    October 23, 2009

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