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duel noun
/ˈdjuː.əl/
/ˈduː.əl/ n Definition
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[C] a formal fight in the past, using guns or swords, arranged between two people as a way of deciding an argumentThe two men fought a duel over the lady.
The composer Strauss was once challenged to a duel.
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[C usually singular] a difficult competition in which both sides show a lot of effortThe two yachts are locked in a duel for the championship title.
duel verb
v [I] (UK -ll- or US -l-) duelling noun
US usually dueling /ˈdjuː.ə.lɪŋ//ˈduː-/ n [U] the activity of fighting duels
duellist noun
US usually duelist /ˈdjuː.əl.ɪst//ˈduː-/ n [C] (Definition of duel noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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