duel
/ˈduːəl/
verb
- To fight a formal duel with someone.
- The two officers agreed to duel at dawn.
- He challenged his rival to duel with pistols.
- They dueled in the forest to settle the argument.
- To compete or struggle intensely with someone or something.
- The scientists dueled over which theory was correct.
- The two tennis players dueled for the championship title.
- The two chefs dueled to create the best dish.
noun
- A formal fight between two people, usually with weapons, to settle a disagreement.
- The two knights fought a duel to defend their honor.
- The movie ends with a dramatic duel between the hero and the villain.
- In the past, men sometimes fought a duel over an insult.
- A competition or struggle between two people, groups, or things.
- The debate turned into a verbal duel between the candidates.
- The chess match was a tense duel between two grandmasters.
- The two companies are engaged in a duel for market dominance.