duel
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈdjuːəl/
:
duelo
- In the olden days, a duel was often considered a way to defend one's honor.
- fight a duel
- challenged to a duel
- killed in a duel
Musashi naturally challenges Ghanriyu to a duel and Ghanriyu accepts.
- Musashi naturally challenges Ghanriyu to a duel and Ghanriyu accepts.
- And he died from a wound that he got in the duel to to the death over a girl.
- I am challenging you, Sir, to a duel.
- And Action Sorcerer, I challenge you to a duel.
- An actual duel, an actual sword fight a lot of times would be very quick, but it also wouldn't be as entertaining to see on the big screen.
- Unwell people have a lightsaber duel in the world.
- Could it be that A Duel with the Vampire Lord is better?
- But I actually, we were shooting The Last Duel in Ireland when the lockdown happened.
- So I challenge him to a duel gang.
Examples
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Alexander Pushkin, Russia's greatest poet, was shot in a duel and two days later died from his wounds.
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Valvert insulted him, and then challenged him to a duel.
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The king will decide if a duel really should be held.
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I challenge you to a duel of life and death.
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Finally the duel is going to begin!
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I challenge you to a duel, sir.
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Two brothers shot each other in a duel.
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Sir, are you sure you feel up to a duel?
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This gentleman is here to explain the terms of the duel and to see fair play.
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Another time, a duel with a fellow officer was arranged.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
517
1.4
A game in which two teams or players compete
101
4.3
A final meeting where two sides face each other to settle a dispute
50
4.1
A short fight or contest, often in boxing
A formal fight between two people to settle a disagreement
A planned fight with weapons to settle an insult to a person's honour
How Violent
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word duel comes from an old word for 'war' and is linked to duo ('two'), which explains why a duel was a formal one-on-one fight arranged to settle a dispute or a point of honor.