Sekirov Dictionary

duel

/ˈdul/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 5

noun3

•
Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
- I have often thought since, how different my fate might have been, had I not fallen in love with Nora at that early age; and had I not flung the wine in Quin’s face, and so brought on the duel. — 1844
Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat).
•
Any battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas.
- But it leaves them with a few destroyers, the American destroyer force is falling back, and then you have the two cruiser lines with their respective battleships coming in for the big duel. — 2019

verb1

•
To engage in a battle.
- The two dogs were duelling for the bone.

forms

dueled · duelled · dueling · duelling · duels

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