Synonyms for duel
ˈdu əl, ˈdyu-du·el

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1. duel, affaire d'honneurnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   affaire d'honneur

2. duelverb

   any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)

   Synonyms:
   affaire d'honneur

3. duelverb

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

   "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"

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1. duelnoun

   Synonyms:
   affair of honor

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1. duelnoun

   Synonyms:
   monomachia, monomachy

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1. List of paraphrases for "duel":

   showdown, gunfight, shootout, mourning

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1. Ewa Brodnicka:

   I did not give up the duel because I did not want to disappoint the fans and the organizers, despite the fact that the last 3 weeks of preparations are fighting pain and crossing my own limits during the rehabilitation of a broken leg.

2. Ryan McGrath:

   There will be weakness in Irish bond prices on Monday morning. Markets don't like uncertainty but we don't anticipate a big knee-jerk reaction because investors were ready for this outcome, the longer it goes on, the more nervous investors would become. If you had the duel challenges of political instability coupled with a looming 'Brexit' (after Britain's In-Out EU referendum), the Irish bond market would find it very challenging.

3. Samuel Rodrigues:

   Two years, I've been working towards this, and on the last day, Blondie has me doubting the whole thing. We'll leave it up to fate then, shall we, Wolfy? A duel to the death. May the best man win. I cut him down, and that's that. Back to our regularly scheduled international incident. But if he beats me... if I die here... the lock on my blade will disable after a couple hours. What happens after that... is up to you, Wolfy. [Sam to Blade Wolf]

4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.:

   I’m so glad to be able to get through the Duel in one piece because I know how good this race car is, we have a couple more practices to go through and try to stay out of trouble during those and put this thing on the grid.

5. Oscar Wilde:

   my wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to death. one or the other has to go.