brawl vs free-for-all

brawl

noun
  • A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved. 

verb
  • To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel. 

  • To create a disturbance; to complain loudly. 

  • To pour abuse on; to scold. 

  • Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise. 

free-for-all

noun
  • Chaos; a chaotic situation lacking rules or control. 

  • Deathmatch, sometimes specifically one in which every player is pitted against all the others. 

adj
  • Open to anyone and with no or few rules. 

How often have the words brawl and free-for-all occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )