| NOUN | act | duel, affaire d'honneur | a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor |
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| act | duel | any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups) | |
| VERB | competition | duel | fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman |
| Sounds | duw'ahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor. | |
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| Synonym | affaire d'honneur | |
| Broader | fight, fighting, combat, scrap | The act of fighting |
| Spanish | duelo | |
| Catalan | duel | |
| Nouns | duelist, duellist | a person who fights duels / duels |
| Verbs | duel | fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman |
| Meaning | Any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups). | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | struggle, battle | An energetic attempt to achieve something |
| Spanish | duelo | |
| Catalan | duel | |
| Nouns | duelist, duellist | a person who fights duels / duels |
| Meaning | fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters" | |
| Broader | contend, fight, struggle | Be engaged in a fight |
| Spanish | batirse en duelo, duelar | |
| Catalan | duel | |
| Nouns | duel | a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor |
| dueler, dueller, duelist | a person who fights duels / duels | |
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