to duel

Examples

• All

• The two knights agreed to duel at dawn to settle their dispute.

• How many men did you duel with last night?

  Cyrano (2021)

• Are we gonna duel to the death?

  Copshop (2021)

• Those who continued to duel did so under less and less lethal terms.

  Reclaiming the Blade (2009)

• You've been taught how to duel, I presume, yes?

  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

• Duel to the death.

  Hook (1991)

• Ian and Windthorne are dueling for the right to Misery's hand.

  Fiction book (1990)

• After getting his honor hurt, he duels a bunch of merchants who he seems to confuse with bandits ending up in a terrible defeat... for him.

  Dulcinea (2019)

• In the movie, the main character must duel his rival for the very last time.

• After the insult, they decided to duel in the nearby meadow with swords.

Synonyms

B

to battle

vsto duel

372 2.7

To fight against someone or something for a long time

is a short formal one-on-one combat with weapons over honor

J

to joust

vsto duel

3 7.5

To argue directly with someone in public or in a debate

is an actual one-on-one weapon combat fought to settle matters of honor

M

to measure swords

vsto duel

• Literature

9.2

To test each other's skill in a contest, for example in a match or debate

is a formal one-on-one combat using weapons to settle matters of honor

How Violent

to slaughter

• NSFW

158 5.7

to gladiate

• Archaic

1 9.9

to duel

31 7.3

to fight

∞ 1.0

to scuffle

4 5.1

Surface Forms

Etymology