gladiatorial
Use Gladiatorial in a sentence
i adjective
of or pertaining to gladiators or to their combats.
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| of, characteristic of, or relating to gladiators, combat, etc | |
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Gladiatorial
has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
Example sentences
It forbids duels, prize fights, gladiatorial shows and pit games which are a menace to human life.
Debates are barbed and sometimes vicious-especially during the gladiatorial spectacle of prime minister's questions.
Gladiatorial training may have added some new tricks to his sword handling.
Nor will the stage be the only scene of gladiatorial contests.
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