free-for-all
/ˈfɹiːfɚɔːl/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.56 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A deathmatch, sometimes specifically one in which every player is pitted against all the others.
adj
Of a fight, competition, etc., characterized by the absence or scarcity of formal rules or limitations.
Example Sentences
- "When the fire alarm went off, it was a free-for-all."
- "Competition was the order of the day: the industrial warfare of the sixties was a free-for-all."
- "[…] this was a consequence of building Tubes by means of a competitive free-for-all. Each company wanted to expand its territory at the expense of the others."
- "Men, as well as women, were springing in to the rope and pulling. No longer was it team against team, but all Oakland against all San Francisco, festooned with a free-for-all fight."
- "Then Lucy told him about the great passion of her father—about the long, time-honored custom of free-for-all races, and the great races that had been run in the past; […]"
- "But, he added, “Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape where anything can be said with no consequences!”"
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɹiːfɚɔːl/
- British English: /ˈfɹiːfəɹɔːl/