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Duelled - English meaning

Duelled – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Fight a duel or duels.

Usage examples:

Shall we duel over this?

Synonims:

Fight a duelFightClashBattleCombatContendGo out
noun

A contest with deadly weapons arranged between two people in order to settle a point of honour.

Usage examples:

Twice he had seriously wounded men in duels

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决斗

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Duelleer, Duelleren

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En duel, Se battre en duel

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Duelliert, Sich duellieren, Sich schlagen

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द्वंद्व युद्ध

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Duellato

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결투

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На дуэли, Драться на дуэли

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Duelo, Batirse en duelo

Word origin

late 15th century: from Latin duellum, archaic and literary form of bellum ‘war’, used in medieval Latin with the meaning ‘combat between two persons’, partly influenced by dualis ‘of two’. T

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Duelled – similar words

duelling

verb

Fight a duel or duels.

Usage examples:

Shall we duel over this?
noun

A contest with deadly weapons arranged between two people in order to settle a point of honour.

Usage examples:

Twice he had seriously wounded men in duels
noun

The activity of taking part in duels (= formal fights between two people, using weapons, usually because one person has insulted the other)

Usage examples:

Fencing is a sport derived from duelling., the game of chess requires intense concentration and sus…
Duelling - all meanings in English

Duelled synonims

battle

noun

A sustained fight between large organized armed forces.

Usage examples:

The battle lasted for several hours
verb

Struggle tenaciously to achieve or resist something.

Usage examples:

He has been battling against the illness
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clash

noun

A violent confrontation.

Usage examples:

There have been minor clashes with security forces
verb

Meet and come into violent conflict.

Usage examples:

Soccer hooligans clashed with rival fans before the match
verb

Crash together with violent impact

Clash - all meanings in English

combat

noun

Fighting between armed forces.

Usage examples:

Five hurricanes were shot down in combat
verb

Take action to reduce or prevent (something bad or undesirable).

Usage examples:

An effort to combat drug trafficking
noun

Fighting during a time of war

Usage examples:

[ u ] a combat jacket/zone/casualty, [ u ] no one knew how many troops had died in combat., [ c ] t…
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contend

verb

Struggle to surmount (a difficulty).

Usage examples:

She had to contend with his uncertain temper
verb

To compete in order to win something or to achieve a position of leadership

Usage examples:

The top tennis players in the world are contending for this title., [ + that clause ] i contend tha…
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fight

verb

Take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons.

Usage examples:

The men were fighting
noun

A violent confrontation or struggle.

Usage examples:

He'd got into a fight with some bouncers outside a club
verb

Be engaged in a contest or struggle

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