0 a formal fight in the past, using guns or swords, arranged between two people as a way of deciding an argument:
The composer Strauss was once challenged to a duel.
The two boxers are locked in a duel for the championship title.
1 In the past, when two people duelled , they had a formal fight, using guns or swords, in order to decide an argument:
He duelled with a sword when his ammunition ran out.
For three-quarters of the race the pair duelled at the front.
Messi gave Cole his toughest night since the full back duelled with Cristiano Ronaldo at Euro 2004.
I can see now why people have duelled over questions of attribution.
He'd spent long hours verbally dueling with Senate Democrats.
2 a formal fight, using guns or swords (= weapons with long, sharp blades), arranged esp. in the past between two people to decide an argument
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