bench clearing
Dugout empties suddenly
A bench-clearing incident in sports—usually baseball or hockey—occurs when players leave their team benches to join an altercation on the field or ice.
The phrase typically modifies brawl or fight: a bench-clearing brawl in the third period.
By extension, bench-clearing describes any situation where everyone suddenly gets involved in a confrontation.
- brawlDisorderly group fight
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
- meleeDisordered group skirmish
- dugoutCarved-log canoe
- hockeyStick-and-goal sport
hockey fight · baseball · punches · scrum · ejection · penalty · penalty box · teammates · rushing · chaos · fists · ice · diamond · suspensions · charging · throwing punches · retaliation · bad blood
- dirty playcheap shot, cheap shots, dirty play, foul play, late hit
- dangerous playshigh tackle, late hit, late tackle, targeting, clothesline
- baseballbaseball, bat, pitchers, catchers, pitcher
- ejectionsred card, sending off, disqualification, tossing, player ejection
- game stoppagestimeout, dead ball, injury timeout, official timeout, stoppage time
- baseball incidentsbalk, error, ejection, interference, obstruction
bench clearinggood sportsmanship
Honorable conduct in competition
handshake · mutual respect · friendly competition · clean game
bench, clearing, benches, benched, benching, clear, clears, cleared, clearer