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duel::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | affaire d'honneur |
| Type of | fight, fighting, scrap, combat |
| Derivation | duelist, duellist |
Examples of duel
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Lap 18 Vettel has regained the lead from Alonso wonderful duel between the pair.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He yields, ending on his own terms what was in truth a pretty entertaining duel.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Most complied except Roberts and Junior Johnson, who engaged in a stirring duel.
From the kentucky.com
If Honest Man sits just behind the potential duel, the colt could run a big one.
From the philly.com
Mantids are territorial and will duel to the death with any neighboring mantids.
From the washingtonpost.com
Hamels and Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright were excellent in a pitcher's duel.
From the kansas.com
He will duel them on occasion this year, and he is 19-17 against division teams.
From the denverpost.com
In an 1809 duel, an ex-Foreign Secretary shot a holder of the post in the thigh.
From the independent.co.uk
It led to a 10-pitch duel with Brent Lillibridge, one Rodriguez barely survived.
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- A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
- Fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"
- Any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)
- As practiced from the 11th to 20th centuries in Western societies, a duel is an engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with their combat doctrines. In the modern application, the term is applied to aerial warfare between fighter pilots. ...
- Duel is a 1971 television movie about a terrified motorist (played by Dennis Weaver) on a remote and lonely road being chased and stalked by a huge tanker truck and its unseen, psychotic driver. ...
- Duel is the most expensive movie ever made in Iranian cinema history. It was directed by Ahmad Reza Darvish, who was mostly known for films about the Iran-Iraq war. Duel was shot in roughly 11 months in various cities of Iran. ...
- Duel (born 1969) is a Melbourne-born, Australian graffiti artist and break dancer.
- Duel (or The Joust in America) is an event played in several incarnations of the television series Gladiators. In this event, a contender and Gladiator engage in battle on raised podiums using pugil sticks. The object is to knock your opponent off.
- "Duel" is a song by Morganne Matis and was her first official single.
