Duelling - English meaning

Duelling – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Fight a duel or duels.
Usage examples:
Shall we duel over this?
Synonims:
Fight a duel Fight Clash Battle Combat Contend Go 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

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 translation into English

Duelling: translate from English into Chinese

决斗

Duelling: translate from English into Dutch

Duelleren

Duelling: translate from English into French

Duel, Se battre en duel

Duelling: translate from English into German

Duell, Sich duellieren, Sich schlagen

Duelling: translate from English into Hindi

Dueling

Duelling: translate from English into Italian

Duellare

Duelling: translate from English into Korean

결투

Duelling: translate from English into Russian

Дуэль, Поединок

Duelling: translate from English into Spanish

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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Duelling – similar words

duelled

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

Duelled - all meanings in English

Duelling 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

Battle - all meanings in English

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…

Combat - all meanings in English

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…

Contend - all meanings in English

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

Fight - all meanings in English

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