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battle royale
[ bat-l roi-al ]
noun
, plural battle royales, battles royale.
- a fight, often to the death, in which more than two combatants are engaged and the victor is the last surviving participant.
adjective
- of or relating to a genre of fiction, television show, movie, or video game that features this kind of elimination fight to the death: a battle royale movie trilogy set in a dystopian future.
battle royale FPS games;
a battle royale movie trilogy set in a dystopian future.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of battle royale1
First recorded in 1830–40; originally a variant spelling of battle royal ( def )
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Example Sentences
It was less of a duel and more of a WWE-styled battle royale.
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But anybody looking forward to a Hudson River battle royale will be disappointed, say friends and advisers to both.
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