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Another word for duel

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duel

n.

combat, engagement, contest, affair d'honneur (French); see fight 1.

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Another word for duel

verb

To strive in opposition:

battle, combat, contend, fight, struggle, tilt, war, wrestle. See conflict

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Come now, what was this duel about?
What does this duel prove?
She knew of the duel and had come to speak about it.
Hamilton's action in counselling Federalists not to vote for Burr for governor just as he had counselled them not to support Burr against Jefferson in 1800, was one of the contributary causes of Burr's hostility to Hamilton which ended in the duel (July 1804) in which Burr killed Hamilton.
His eldest son, an officer in the army, was killed in a duel; and his second son, Charles, intended for the church, left Trinity College and became companion and secretary to the duke of Buckingham, at whose house he died.

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