duel
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.
to fight in a duel.
Origin of duel
1Other words from duel
- du·el·is·tic; especially British, du·el·lis·tic, adjective
- outduel, verb (used with object), out·du·eled, out·du·el·ing or (especially British) out·du·elled, out·du·el·ling.
Words that may be confused with duel
- dual, duel
Words Nearby duel
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How to use duel in a sentence
It was during his attempts to decrease the size of the military budget that he called none other than the Minister President of Prussia, Otto von Bismarck, a liar, resulting in the sausage duel.
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives - Issue 93: Forerunners | Alan Lightman, Hope Jahren, Robert Sapolsky, | December 2, 2020 | NautilusThis week, the two sides battled it out in a heated duel in one of the most prestigious science journals, Nature.
Can We Trust AI Doctors? Google Health and Academics Battle It Out | Shelly Fan | October 20, 2020 | Singularity HubThere was hope that, if the stars aligned, we could see a duel between Kipchoge and Bekele with both men at their best.
Eliud Kipchoge’s Streak Comes to an End in London | Martin Fritz Huber | October 5, 2020 | Outside OnlineWhat the researchers pieced together is that this seemingly harmonious partnership evolved through a duel at the cellular and genetic levels, one that left the ant eggs largely unviable on their own.
How Two Became One: Origins of a Mysterious Symbiosis Found | Viviane Callier | September 9, 2020 | Quanta MagazineFor example, a section in the Kentucky Constitution requires all public officials swear they have never participated in a duel.
SDPD Is Punishing Speech Using a 102-Year-Old City Law | Kate Nucci | August 3, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
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.
What's TV's Funniest Show? Our Emmy Awards Comedy Predictions | Kevin Fallon | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is people like the al Wakeel family who pay the harshest price for this military duel.
Israel’s Campaign to Send Gaza Back to the Stone Age | Jesse Rosenfeld | July 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTArgentina and Belgium, earlier in the day, had fought out a fascinating duel, not unlike chess on turf.
Costa Rica vs. the Netherlands: A Tale of Two Goalies | Tunku Varadarajan | July 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDrake has been following the case on behalf of Fahmy, who is duel Canadian-Egyptian national.
Egyptian Court Hands Down Stiff Sentences for Al-Jazeera Journalists | Jesse Rosenfeld | June 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"But I don't quite see that," persisted Spunyarn, strong in his idea that the man who fights a duel is a fool.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsAs 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.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellOn the Sunday afternoon the conversation turned on the recent duel at Rome.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsBut the young nobleman provoked Du Bousquier into a duel where the latter dangerously wounded him.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
British Dictionary definitions for duel
/ (ˈdjuːəl) /
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
to fight in a duel
to contest closely
Origin of duel
1Derived forms of duel
- dueller or duellist, noun
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