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To startle from quiet; to alarm. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away. The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack. Alarm; terror; fright. A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.

 - (Law) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray. 

Syn. - Quarrel; brawl; scuffle; encounter; fight; contest; feud; tumult; disturbance. 

 - An affray is a mutual fight in a public place to the terror or alarm of the people. The ...