Related Clues:

• Noisy brawl
• Hand-to-hand fighting
• Start to unravel
• Show wear
• Military engagement
• Action, in war
• Front-line action
• Wear on, as nerves
• Unravel at the edges
• Unravel at the ends
• Become unraveled
• Wear, as a sweater?
• Private practice?
• Warfare
• Contest, fight