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duel
[ doo-uhl, dyoo- ]
noun
- a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- any contest between two persons or parties.
verb (used with or without object)
- to fight in a duel.
duel
/ ˈdjuːəl /
noun
- a prearranged combat with deadly weapons between two people following a formal procedure in the presence of seconds and traditionally fought until one party was wounded or killed, usually to settle a quarrel involving a point of honour
- a contest or conflict between two persons or parties
verb
- to fight in a duel
- to contest closely
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Derived Forms
- ˈdueller, noun
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Other Words From
- duel·istic especially British, duel·listic adjective
- outduel verb (used with object) outdueled outdueling or (especially British) outduelled outduelling
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of duel1
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Example Sentences
It was a duel on a larger scale, with all the uncertainty and danger that implied.
That, then, makes this, for the third year running, duel between Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Amy Poehler.
It is people like the al Wakeel family who pay the harshest price for this military duel.
Argentina and Belgium, earlier in the day, had fought out a fascinating duel, not unlike chess on turf.
Drake has been following the case on behalf of Fahmy, who is duel Canadian-Egyptian national.
"But I don't quite see that," persisted Spunyarn, strong in his idea that the man who fights a duel is a fool.
As soon as Michael made sure of the duel, he saw his confidential clerk.
Button Gwinnett, one of the signers, died of a wound received in a duel.
On the Sunday afternoon the conversation turned on the recent duel at Rome.
But the young nobleman provoked Du Bousquier into a duel where the latter dangerously wounded him.
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