duel

/djˈuːəl/

/ˈduəɫ/

Duel

a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor

any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)

to duel

MAIN VERB

fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman

Examples

1. So the duel goes down.

2. Arsenal still wins the duel.

3. Dueling, blood sports, debtors prisons and perhaps most famously, slavery.

4. Inkblots overlay the duel.