duelnoun
uk/ˈdʒuː.əl/us/ˈduː.əl/[ C ] a formal fight in the past, using guns or swords, arranged between two people as a way of deciding an argument:
The two men fought a duel over the lady.
The composer Strauss was once challenged to a duel.
[ C usually singular ] a difficult competition in which both sides show a lot of effort:
The two boxers are locked in a duel for the championship title.
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Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- counterinsurgency
- disturbance
- dust-up
- engagement
- fighting
- fistfight
- fisticuffs
- fray
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot
- last
- mano a mano
- pick
- shoot
- slug
- slug it out idiom
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duel
verb [ I ] ukusplural UK -ll- or US -l-
duelling
noun [ U ] mainly UK US usually dueling uk/ˈdʒuː.ə.lɪŋ/us/ˈduː.ə.lɪŋ/
the activity of fighting duels
duellist
noun [ C ] mainly UK US usually duelist uk/ˈdʒuː.əl.ɪst/us/ˈduː.əl.ɪst/